In 2011, the State Legislature adopted the uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act to authorize the transfer of real property to designated beneficiaries through a transfer on death deed that avoids the requirements of probate.
A transfer on death deed for real property offers individuals a means of distributing real property to surviving family or loved ones without a lenghty and complicated probate process and without unintended adverse effects such as complications of Medicaid elegibility for either the grantor or the beneficiaries.The Act also benefits the State of Hawaii in cost savings by reducing the need for Probate Court services.