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Senate committee approves transfer‑on‑death vehicle title form to simplify small estate transfers
Summary
Lawmakers approved a bill to let vehicle owners record a beneficiary designation (a transfer‑on‑death form) that moves a car title to a named beneficiary upon the owner's death, avoiding probate for low‑value vehicles. The bill requires a notarized form recorded at the county clerk's office and keeps liens attached to titles.
The Wyoming Senate Committee of the Whole reported favorably a bill that would allow vehicle owners to designate a beneficiary who automatically receives title when the owner dies, modeled after the state’s transfer‑on‑death deed process.
Senator Ogden Olson, sponsor, described the bill as a way to ease small transfers: “This is meant to mimic that exact…
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