Alaska Statutes.
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, and Trusts.
Chapter 48. Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act
Section 50. Requirements.
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AS 13.48.050. Requirements.

A transfer on death deed

        (1) except as otherwise provided in (2) and (3) of this section, must contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed;
        (2) must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death;
        (3) may not use a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class; a transfer on death deed that uses a beneficiary designation that only identifies beneficiaries as members of a class is void; and
        (4) must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the recorder in the recording district where the property is located.

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