§ 16-110. Terms, conditions, and forms for registration
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEstates and TrustsEffective: October 1, 2019
Effective: October 1, 2019
MD Code, Estates and Trusts, § 16-110
§ 16-110. Terms, conditions, and forms for registration
(a)(1) A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary form may establish the terms and conditions under which it will receive requests for:
(2) The terms and conditions established under this subsection may provide for proving death, avoiding or resolving any problems concerning fractional shares, designating primary and contingent beneficiaries, and substituting a named beneficiary's descendants to take in the place of the named beneficiary in the event of the beneficiary's death.
(ii) This designation substitutes a deceased beneficiary's descendants who survive the owner for a beneficiary who fails to so survive, the descendants to be identified and to share in accordance with the law of the beneficiary's domicile at the owner's death governing inheritance by descendants of an intestate.
(4) Other forms of identifying beneficiaries who are to take on one or more contingencies, and rules for providing proofs and assurances needed to satisfy reasonable concerns by registering entities regarding conditions and identities relevant to accurate implementation of registrations in beneficiary form, may be contained in a registering entity's terms and conditions.
(b) The following are illustrations of registrations in beneficiary form which a registering entity may authorize:
Credits
Added by Acts 1994, c. 644, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 1995, c. 3, § 1, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 2019, c. 197, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
MD Code, Estates and Trusts, § 16-110, MD EST & TRST § 16-110
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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