ORS 93.961 URPTDA 9

Requirements. (1) A transfer on death deed:

Except as provided otherwise in paragraph

of this subsection, must contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed;

Must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor’s death;

Must identify the designated beneficiary by name; and

Must be recorded before the transferor’s death in the deed records in the office of the county clerk for the county in which the property is located.

A beneficiary designation that identifies beneficiaries only as members of a class is void.