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Texas deed packet
Name a beneficiary to receive Texas real estate at your death without probate. Get the state-specific blank deed and completion guidance as an instant download.
Is this the right deed type? A transfer-on-death deed passes real property to a named beneficiary at death without probate.
This download includes 4 documents in editable Word format. Complete them on your own computer, then print, sign, and record.
Packet is delivered in Word format; no blank PDF of the deed is included.
A simple three-step workflow; the packet guides you through each one.
Gather the current deed or title record and the exact legal description of the property before you start.
Complete the blank deed and follow the included state guidance for signing, acknowledgment, and related requirements.
Confirm your county recorder's cover sheets, transfer forms, fees, and local practices, then submit the executed deed.
See page 1 of the actual blank form and review a plain-language outline of what appears on page 1. The complete formatted packet is delivered after checkout.
TEXAS REVOCABLE TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED.
Recording and return information: fields for the preparer and return-to recipient names, mailing addresses, and related recording details.
Property description: the legal description of the property, or a reference to an attached exhibit.
About this Texas form
This Texas transfer-on-death deed package is a DOCX-only self-help package for Texas real property owners using the statutory transfer-at-death deed path. It includes a Texas transfer-on-death deed, a separate cancellation form, and separate instructions for each form. A Texas transfer-on-death deed is not an ordinary sale deed: it is designed to name a beneficiary to receive the owner's Texas real property interest at death, if the deed is completed, signed, acknowledged, and recorded as required before the owner's death.
The package includes four editable Microsoft Word DOCX files: Transfer-on-Death-Deed-TX.docx, Transfer-on-Death-Deed-TX-Instructions.docx, Cancellation-of-Transfer-on-Death-Deed-TX.docx, and Cancellation-of-Transfer-on-Death-Deed-TX-Instructions.docx. Final fulfillment for this product is DOCX-only; no PDF version is included in the product download.
A Texas transfer-on-death deed may be considered when a Texas real property owner wants to name one or more beneficiaries to receive the property interest at the owner's death without making a present transfer during life. The owner generally keeps lifetime ownership and control unless the owner makes a separate transfer or revokes the transfer-on-death deed. The included cancellation form is for cancelling a previously recorded Texas transfer-on-death deed when cancellation is the chosen path.
Texas transfer-on-death deed issues can be transaction-specific. Use Texas counsel, a title company, lender review, tax advice, probate advice, or benefits counsel when the property involves a mortgage or deed of trust, homestead or spouse issues, community property, co-owners, multiple beneficiaries, minors, disabled beneficiaries, trusts, entities, creditor claims, Medicaid estate recovery, divorce, probate, guardianship, powers of attorney, mineral interests, or uncertain title.
PublicLegal-authored self-help deed form. Provided for customers to complete with their own transaction information and submit to the proper local recording office. Recorder offices and state agencies may require separate supplemental forms, taxes, fees, or cover sheets, and requirements vary by jurisdiction and transaction. Review the product notes and confirm local recording requirements before relying on any completed deed.
ILRG provides self-help deed forms and download support. Attorney-reviewed PublicLegal-authored deed forms are provided for you to complete with your own transaction information. Deed recording requirements, supplemental forms, transfer taxes, title-company practices, and legal suitability vary by jurisdiction and transaction. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.
Yes. The product includes the Texas transfer-on-death deed, a separate Texas transfer-on-death deed instruction file, the Texas cancellation of transfer-on-death deed form, and a separate cancellation instruction file.
Yes. Final fulfillment for this product is DOCX-only. The download includes editable Microsoft Word DOCX files and does not include PDF versions.
A Texas transfer-on-death deed must be recorded before the transferor's death in the deed records in the County Clerk's office in the county where the real property is located.
No. A Texas transfer-on-death deed is designed to transfer the owner's real property interest at death. It is different from a present conveyance deed used for a sale, gift, or other lifetime transfer.
No. A Texas transfer-on-death deed uses the statutory Chapter 114 transfer-on-death deed framework. A Texas Lady Bird deed is a separate enhanced-life-estate deed structure with different drafting, title, lender, tax, Medicaid, and post-death considerations.
Professional review is strongly recommended when title, lender, homestead, spouse, beneficiary, probate, tax, creditor, Medicaid, mineral, trust, entity, or capacity issues may affect the transaction.