How to create a Transfer on Death for your home Choose your recipients. You can choose one or more people to become owner of any home or land that you own. Find a copy of your deed. Complete the TOD for real estate form. Take the form to a notary. Submit the form at your County Recorder's Office.
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The Transfer on Death Designation Affidavit (TOD), when properly recorded, permits the direct transfer of the described real property to the designated beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the death of the owner, thus avoiding Probate administration.
(A) The transfer of a deceased owner's real property or interest in real property as designated in a transfer on death designation affidavit provided in section 5302.22 of the Revised Code shall be recorded by presenting to the county auditor of the county in which the real property is located and filing with the ...
You may use the Recorded Document Search or call the Recorders Public Information Department at 216-443-7300 for further details.
Deeds and additional ownership documentation (circa 1810 to present) is available online or in person at the Recorder's Office, located on the 4th floor of the Cuyahoga County Administration Building.