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HS1FORHB147 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.

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Last action
2025-09-05
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Signed by Governor
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Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.
  • Delaware currently permits the nonprobate transfer of bank accounts, investments, and vehicles.
  • This Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate without requiring the creation of a revocable trust.
  • This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on death (“TOD”) deed designating a beneficiary who will automatically receive the real estate on the owner's death.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-05 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-30 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  3. 2025-06-18 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits

  4. 2025-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

  5. 2025-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT

  6. 2025-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

  7. 2025-06-06 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment HA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  8. 2025-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits

  9. 2025-05-13 Delaware General Assembly

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 147, and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 18, TITLE 25, AND TITLE 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER ON DEATH ACT.
Delaware currently permits the nonprobate transfer of bank accounts, investments, and vehicles. This Act provides a mechanism for the nonprobate transfer of real estate without requiring the creation of a revocable trust. This is done by permitting an owner of an interest in real estate to execute and record a transfer on death (“TOD”) deed designating a beneficiary who will automatically receive the real estate on the owner's death. During the owner's lifetime the beneficiary of a TOD deed has no interest in the real estate and the owner retains full power to transfer or encumber the real estate or to revoke the TOD deed.

This Act is a Substitute for House Bill No. 147. Like House Bill No. 147, this Act adopts the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act authored by the Uniform Law Commission. The Uniform Law Commission “provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.” The