HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE NO. 1

FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 147

AMEND House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 147 on line 224 by inserting " or recorder of deeds " after " wills " and before " may " therein.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill No. 147 on line 226 by inserting " or recorder of deeds " after " wills " and before " for " therein.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment facilitates clarity in the State's land records by making clear that, in addition to a register of wills:

(1) A recorder of deeds may also adopt a form to be used by a beneficiary of a transfer on death deed to provide notice of the death of a transferor whose property has transferred to the beneficiary by transfer on death deed.

(2) A beneficiary of a transfer on death deed may also present a transferor’s death certificate to a recorder of deeds for filing with a form adopted by the record of deeds or for filing to otherwise establish a transferor’s death.