Sec. 13.48.070. Revocation by instrument authorized; revocation by act not permitted.

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(a)Subject to

(b)of this section, an instrument is effective to revoke a recorded transfer on death deed, or any part of it, only if the instrument

(1)is one of the following:

(A)a transfer on death deed that revokes the deed or part of the deed expressly or by inconsistency;

(B)an instrument of revocation that expressly revokes the deed or part of the deed;

(C)an inter vivos deed that expressly revokes the transfer on death deed or part of the deed; or

(D)to the extent of the interest transferred by the inter vivos deed, an inter vivos deed that transfers an interest in property that is the subject of a transfer on death deed; and

(2)is acknowledged by the transferor after the acknowledgment of the deed being revoked and recorded before the transferor's death in the recording district where the deed is recorded.

(b)If a transfer on death deed is made by more than one transferor,

(1)revocation by a transferor does not affect the deed as to the interest of another transferor; and

(2)a deed of joint owners is revoked only if it is revoked by all of the living joint owners.

(c)After a transfer on death deed is recorded, it may not be revoked by a revocatory act on the deed.

(d)This section does not limit the effect of an inter vivos transfer of the property.

(e)If a recorded power of attorney or the transfer on death deed expressly grants a designated agent of the transferor the power to revoke a transfer on death deed, the designated agent may revoke the transfer on death deed as provided in this section.