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Panel approves 'transfer on death' auto‑title bill with notary and recording amendments
Summary
The Judiciary Committee approved Senate File 39, creating a beneficiary designation form to transfer an automobile title on death without probate. The committee adopted amendments requiring notarized owner signatures and recording the beneficiary form in the county where the vehicle is titled, and asked staff to draft lender‑protection language.
Senate File 39, a bill to allow vehicle owners to name a beneficiary who can receive title on the owner’s death without formal probate, was advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee after sponsor presentation, county clerk and bank testimony, and several adopted amendments.
Senator Olson (sponsor) and Senator Crago presented the bill as modeled on Colorado law and patterned after Wyoming’s existing transfer‑on‑death deed statute. The proposal would create a new statute allowing owners to execute a beneficiary designation form (to be provided by the Wyoming Department of Transportation) that would enable a beneficiary to present a recorded, notarized form and a death certificate to the county clerk and obtain a certificate of title…
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