Duval County Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) Form
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Duval County Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) Form
Fill in the blank Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) form formatted to comply with all Texas recording and content requirements.

Duval County Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) form.

Duval County Completed Example of the Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) Document
Example of a properly completed Texas Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Duval County Clerk
San Diego, Texas 78384
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Phone: (361) 279-6272 or 6249
Recording Tips for Duval County:
- Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
- Leave recording info boxes blank - the office fills these
Cities and Jurisdictions in Duval County
Properties in any of these areas use Duval County forms:
- Benavides
- Concepcion
- Freer
- Realitos
- San Diego
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Duval County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Duval County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.
Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Duval County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Duval County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.
Can I reuse these forms?
Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Duval County you only need to order once.
What do I need to use these forms?
The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.
Are there any recurring fees?
No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.
How much does it cost to record in Duval County?
Recording fees in Duval County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (361) 279-6272 or 6249 for current fees.
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A Texas transfer on death deed lets a property owner name who receives their real estate when they die, without probate, without giving up anything during life. This form prepares a transfer on death deed for one owner under Chapter 114 of the Texas Estates Code, the Texas Real Property Transfer on Death Act.
How a Texas Transfer on Death Deed Works
The deed is nontestamentary. It transfers no interest while the owner is alive, so the owner keeps full control: the property can still be sold, mortgaged, or leased, homestead status and property tax exemptions are unaffected, and the deed can be revoked at any time. At the owner's death, the beneficiary named in the deed receives whatever interest the owner holds at that moment, subject to any mortgage or other matters then affecting title.
Texas wrote several of its own rules into Chapter 114. The capacity required is the capacity to make a contract, not a will, and the deed cannot be created through a power of attorney. A will does not revoke or override a recorded transfer on death deed. Most importantly, the deed must be recorded before the owner's death in the county where the property is located; an unrecorded deed transfers nothing, no matter how carefully it was signed and notarized.
Who This Form Describes
This form recites a single transferor: one record owner of Texas real property, married or unmarried, signing alone. A spouse who is not a record owner is not a transferor and has no signature line, and the guide explains why the spousal joinder rule for homestead conveyances does not reach a deed that conveys nothing during life.
Married couples who hold plain community property, the default for property acquired during a Texas marriage, often use a pair of these deeds: each spouse signs one naming the other spouse as primary beneficiary and the same alternates, so the survivor receives the property at the first death and the alternates receive it at the second. Where title carries a right of survivorship, the joint owner and community property versions of this deed recite that vesting instead.
Beneficiaries and Survival
The form provides for primary beneficiaries, optional alternates, and optional special provisions such as unequal shares. Under Section 114.103, a beneficiary must survive the owner by 120 hours, and where no special provision says otherwise, multiple beneficiaries take equal undivided shares.
What Is Included
- The blank form as a fillable PDF, completed on screen or printed and completed by hand
- A plain language guide that walks through every numbered section: what each blank asks, where the information comes from, and what a correct entry looks like
- A completed example showing the entire document filled in for a realistic Texas fact pattern
The document is formatted for Texas recording standards: letter size pages within the dimensions of Local Government Code Section 191.007, body text at 10 point, the notice of confidentiality rights required by Property Code Section 11.008 in 12 point boldfaced capitals at the top of the first page, and reserved space on page one for the county clerk's recording stamp. A 2025 enactment, Senate Bill 16 of the Second Called Session of the 89th Legislature, also directs the county clerk to require photo identification from a person who presents a document in person for filing in the real property records, a step that takes place at the counter and does not change the content of the deed. A separate instructions page included with the form, removed before recording, describes how an entry that outgrows its space continues on a recorded exhibit page, so the recorded deed stays free of worksheet style captions.
Related Texas Forms
A recorded deed is revoked with the Texas Cancellation of Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) or by recording a new, inconsistent deed. After the owner's death, the beneficiary records the Texas Affidavit of Death for Transfer on Death Deed with a certified death certificate to document the transfer in the county records.
Important: Your property must be located in Duval County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Transfer on Death Deed (Individual) meets all recording requirements specific to Duval County.
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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Duval County recording format requirements. If there is a rejection caused by our formatting, we will correct the issue or refund your payment. This guarantee applies to document formatting only and does not extend to information entered by the user, the selection of the form, or the legal effect of the completed document.
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