Prob. Code, § 5659 · Article 1. General Provisions
Prob. Code, § 5659
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
An error or ambiguity in describing property or designating a beneficiary does not invalidate a revocable transfer on death deed if the transferor’s intention can be determined by a court. The general law that governs judicial construction or reformation of an error or ambiguity in a deed applies to a revocable transfer on death deed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 215, Sec. 17. (SB 315) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, pursuant to Section 5600.
Source of truth
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- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB§ionNum=5659.
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