(a) Except as otherwise provided in the transfer on death deed, in this section, or in AS 13.12.203, 13.12.702, 13.12.803, or 13.12.804, on the death of the transferor, the following rules apply to property that is the subject of a transfer on death deed and owned by the transferor at death:

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 13.48.090

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
(1) subject to (2) of this subsection, the interest in the property is transferred to the designated beneficiary under the deed;
(2) the interest of a designated beneficiary is contingent on the designated beneficiary surviving the transferor; the interest of a designated beneficiary that fails to survive the transferor lapses;
(3) subject to (4) and (5) of this subsection, concurrent interests are transferred to the beneficiaries in equal and undivided shares with no right of survivorship;
(4) if the transferor has identified two or more designated beneficiaries to receive concurrent interests in the property and if the transferor has not named an alternate designated beneficiary under (5) of this subsection for the share of a designated beneficiary that lapses or fails for any reason, the lapsing or failing share is transferred to the other remaining designated beneficiaries in proportion to the interest of each remaining beneficiary in the remaining part of the property held concurrently;
(5) the transferor may identify one or more alternate designated beneficiaries to take the share of a designated beneficiary that lapses or fails for any reason.
(b) Subject to Alaska Stat. Chapter 40.17, a beneficiary takes the property subject to all conveyances, encumbrances, assignments, contracts, mortgages, liens, and other interests to which the property is subject at the transferor’s death. For purposes of this subsection and Alaska Stat. Chapter 40.17, the recording of the transfer on death deed is considered to have occurred at the transferor’s death.
(c) If a transferor is a joint owner and is

(1) survived by one or more other joint owners, the property that is the subject of a transfer on death deed belongs to the surviving joint owner or owners with right of survivorship; or
(2) the last surviving joint owner, the transfer on death deed is effective.
(d) A transfer on death deed transfers property without covenant or warranty of title even if the deed contains a contrary provision.
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