Connecticut Home Transfer Planning
Connecticut has no general real-property TOD deed in the located 2026 materials, making trusts, survivorship, and life-estate planning fact-sensitive alternatives.
Connecticut does not show a general real-property TOD deed
The located 2026 Connecticut deed-law reference states that transfer-on-death or beneficiary deeds are not available for real property and that Connecticut has no real-property TOD-deed statute (Connecticut TOD-deed law reference). It distinguishes those deeds from Connecticut’s transfer-on-death registration framework for securities, accounts, and vehicle registrations under CGS sections 45a-468 and following (Connecticut TOD-deed law reference). A beneficiary designation that works for another asset is therefore not authority to record a house deed that takes effect at death.
The same reference says a deed stating that Connecticut land passes “on death” has no statutory effect for real estate (Connecticut TOD-deed law reference). A 2025 bill, HB 6896, proposed adoption of the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act and described a proposed October 1, 2025 effective date, but that document is proposed bill text rather than evidence of an enacted statute (Connecticut HB 6896 proposal). Check the live statute and land-record practice before accepting any form sold as a Connecticut TOD deed.
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