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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 30.1-32.1-01

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    “Beneficiary” means a person that receives property under a transfer on death deed.

2.    “Designated beneficiary” means a person designated to receive property in a transfer on death deed.

3.    “Joint owner” means an individual who owns property concurrently with one or more other individuals with a right of survivorship. The term includes a joint tenant and tenant by the entirety. The term does not include a tenant in common.

4.    “Property” means an interest in real property located in this state which is transferable on the death of the owner.

5.    “Transfer on death deed” means a deed authorized under this chapter.

6.    “Transferor” means an individual who makes a transfer on death deed.