If two people own a house with a clear tittle and one of them dies who ons the house

Question

If two people own a house with a clear tittle and one of them dies who ons the house

Answer 1

If one of them dies it is no longer a clear title.

The heirs might be owners or something else.  If there is no will then the state law would determine who inherits their belongings.

If there is a will then it would need to be probated.

You would need to ask a lawyer and give them all the details.

Answer 2

For the one that died, their ownership of the house will pass on to whomever they name in their will.  If they didn't name anyone in their will then the next of kin gets their portion of the house.

Answer 3

if one owner dies then their half of the house will go to their children or next of kin.  Unless the make a will stating that in case of death the other half goes to the second owner.

Answer 4

The other!

Answer 5

Depends on how the title is held.  Joint tenancy with right of survivorship transfers title to the remaining owner.  Most other forms of ownership get a bit tricky and are usually subject to wills or laws of intestate.

Answer 6

If by a clear title, you mean no liens or mortgages against the house, then how the property was held is what matters.   On a deed with multiple owners the ownership will be described in one of several ways.  Here are a couple of the more common types.  Tenant in this context means the same as co-owner.

Joint Tenancy –  Each tenant has an undivided right to possess the whole property and a proportionate right of equal ownership interest. Title automatically passes to the surviving tenant at death.



Tenants in Common – a form of ownership for two or more owners. The individual interests do not have to be equal and the owners enjoy a proportionate right to the property. Title passes to the estate of the deceased owner and the person named by the estate assumes their proportionate title to the property and becomes the new tenant in common with the surviving tenants in common.