SCS/SB 983 - This act allows a beneficiary who receive a motor vehicle or an outboard motor or vessel pursuant to a transfer on death instrument to make one reassignment of the original certificate of ownership upon the death of the owner to another owner without transferring the certificate to the beneficiary's name.

This act allows owners of manufactured homes who own the home as joint tenants with the right of survivorship or as tenants by the entirety to receive a certificate of ownership in beneficiary form from the Director of the Department of Revenue. The beneficiary form shall include a directive to the Director of Revenue to transfer the certificate of ownership on the death of the owner or owners. The directive shall also permit the beneficiary to make one reassignment of the original certificate of ownership upon the death of the owner to another owner without transferring the certificate to the beneficiary's name.

A certificate of ownership in beneficiary form may not be issued to persons who hold their interest in a manufactured home as tenants in common. During the lifetime of the owners, the signature or consent of the beneficiary shall not be required for transactions relating to the manufactured home. The owner may revoke the certificate of ownership or change beneficiaries before the owner's death under certain conditions (Sale of ownership in home with proper assignment of certificate or reissuance of certificate or redesignation of beneficiary with the Director). A beneficiary's interest in the home shall be subject to security interests which the owner accrued during his or her lifetime. A beneficiary's interest in a certificate of ownership may not be changed or revoked by will or other instruments. The Director shall issue a new certificate of ownership to the surviving owners or beneficiaries upon proof of death.
STEPHEN WITTE