For agents, lenders and attorneys: organize the recorded transfer-on-death deed, cancellation, affidavit of death, beneficiary, lender and title-commitment clues so the right reviewer can answer the right question.
TODD-related closings can mix a recorded deed, a cancellation, an affidavit of death, beneficiary identity, survivorship facts, probate clues, lender conditions, title requirements and attorney review. This handoff keeps the sources separated before the file turns into a closing-week debate about status or authority.
Name the county, instrument, deceased owner, beneficiary, cancellation or affidavit-of-death clue, lender condition and title-commitment question you have. The record, court file, attorney advice, lender, title commitment and underwriting review still control the file-specific result.
These sources were checked on September 27, 2026. They help frame the TODD packet, but they do not replace court, deed, lender, title, underwriting, probate or legal review.
Chapter 114 is the Texas Real Property Transfer on Death Act source for transfer-on-death deeds, revocation, effect during life, effect at death and creditor-claim context. Send the deed, cancellation, death and beneficiary clues; do not decide whether the TODD works for the file.
Read the official source ->The Texas court forms packet includes transfer-on-death deed, cancellation and affidavit-of-death materials for Texas real property. It is useful source context for what the signer or beneficiary may have used, not a title-company or legal conclusion about a recorded instrument.
Read the official source ->Collin County's land-recording page warns that online database results are not the official repository and may not show the complete or unaltered official record. Send instrument numbers, recording dates, party names and the county-record source without treating a search hit as the full title answer.
Read the official source ->TDI P-53 permits legal promotional and educational activity that is not conditioned on referral of title-insurance business. This handoff offers source organization only; it does not discount a title premium or provide a referral benefit.
Read the official source ->A transfer-on-death deed handoff does not need to decide beneficiary rights, revocation, survivorship, title coverage, lender approval or underwriting acceptance. It needs enough source context for the right professional to identify the next step.
This public resource is available to anyone on the same terms. It is not conditioned on sending a closing to WG Title and it does not offer a rebate, discount, commission, gift or thing of value for a referral.
Prepared as a courtesy. This document is available to any real estate professional on the same terms and is not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title.
WG Title provides title and escrow services, not legal advice. WG Law is a separate, independently operated company and any relationship with it is governed by its own engagement.
Read TDI Procedural Rule P-53 ->This uses the existing closing-readiness form. The page URL, referrer, UTM fields and click IDs stay with the lead record, so the title team can see that the question came from this transfer-on-death deed source guide.
Do not paste wire instructions, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, identity-document numbers, death certificate images, private family-history details, payoff credentials, sealed filings or privileged legal advice into this form.
Jamie Ellis authored this as ordinary business and educational content. Transaction-specific TODD, beneficiary, probate, deed, title, underwriting, lender and legal conclusions belong with the appropriate reviewer.
