BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 2653: Transfer of vehicle

Facilitating transfer of a vehicle upon death.

Summary

$ Creates a "certificate of ownership in beneficiary form" in which an owner of a motor vehicle or trailer may name a beneficiary to take ownership of the vehicle or trailer upon the owner's death.
$ Provides that a beneficiary named on the certificate cannot be revoked or changed by a will and the transfer of the motor vehicle or trailer under the certificate is not subject to probate laws.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to transfer of vehicle ownership upon the death of the registered owner;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 2653 (2011–12) Infrastructure statutes · Enacted · Chapter 111, Laws of 2012
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