Form of registration in beneficiary form · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 13-4.5 Form of registration in beneficiary form
Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer on death" or the abbreviation "TOD", or by the words "pay on death" or the abbreviation "POD", after the name of the registered owner and before the name of the beneficiary.
Beneficiary-form registration may place “transfer on death” or “TOD,” or “pay on death” or “POD,” after the owner’s name and before the beneficiary’s name. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.