Tex. Property Code § 240.105
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 240.105, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 240.105. DISCLAIMER OF INTEREST CREATED BY BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "beneficiary designation" means an instrument, other than an instrument creating a trust, naming the beneficiary of:
(1) an annuity or insurance policy;
(2) an account with a designation for payment on death;
(3) a security registered in beneficiary form;
(4) a pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or other employment-related benefit plan; or
(5) any other nonprobate transfer at death.
(b) In the case of an interest created by a beneficiary designation that is disclaimed before the designation becomes irrevocable, the disclaimer must be delivered to the person making the beneficiary designation.
(c) In the case of an interest created by a beneficiary designation that is disclaimed after the designation becomes irrevocable:
(1) a disclaimer of an interest in personal property must be delivered to the person obligated to distribute the interest; and
(2) a disclaimer of an interest in real property must be recorded in the official public records of the county where the real property that is the subject of the disclaimer is located.
(1) an annuity or insurance policy;
(2) an account with a designation for payment on death;
(3) a security registered in beneficiary form;
(4) a pension, profit-sharing, retirement, or other employment-related benefit plan; or
(5) any other nonprobate transfer at death.
(b) In the case of an interest created by a beneficiary designation that is disclaimed before the designation becomes irrevocable, the disclaimer must be delivered to the person making the beneficiary designation.
(c) In the case of an interest created by a beneficiary designation that is disclaimed after the designation becomes irrevocable:
(1) a disclaimer of an interest in personal property must be delivered to the person obligated to distribute the interest; and
(2) a disclaimer of an interest in real property must be recorded in the official public records of the county where the real property that is the subject of the disclaimer is located.
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