Tex. Est. Code § 115.002 · Chapter 115. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An owner of a motor vehicle may transfer the owner's interest in the motor vehicle to a sole beneficiary effective on the owner's death by designating a beneficiary as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.
(b) A beneficiary designation is:
(1) subject to Section 115.003(b), revocable and may be changed at any time without the consent of the designated beneficiary as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code;
(2) a nontestamentary instrument; and
(3) effective without:
(A) notice or delivery to or acceptance by the designated beneficiary during the owner's life; or
(B) consideration.
(c) A will may not revoke or supersede a beneficiary designation, regardless of when the will is made.
(d) A designated beneficiary may disclaim the designated beneficiary's interest in the motor vehicle as provided by Chapter 240, Property Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (S.B. 869), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.115.htm
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