Sec. 115.002.  BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED.  (a)  An owner of a motor vehicle may transfer the owner's interest in the motor vehicle to a sole beneficiary effective on the owner's death by designating a beneficiary as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.
(b)  A beneficiary designation is:
(1)  subject to Section 115.003(b), revocable and may be changed at any time without the consent of the designated beneficiary as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code;
(2)  a nontestamentary instrument; and
(3)  effective without:
(A)  notice or delivery to or acceptance by the designated beneficiary during the owner's life; or
(B)  consideration.
(c)  A will may not revoke or supersede a beneficiary designation, regardless of when the will is made.
(d)  A designated beneficiary may disclaim the designated beneficiary's interest in the motor vehicle as provided by Chapter 240, Property Code.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (S.B. 869), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.