---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 30.501"
title: "43"
number: "30.501"
heading: "When is joint tenancy presumed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/30.501"
---

# §30.501. When is joint tenancy presumed?


A judge will presume that a testator intended to devise interests in joint tenancy when:

- (a) A testator devises trust or restricted interests in the same parcel of land to more than one person; and
- (b) The will does not contain clear and express language stating that the devisees receive the interests as tenants in common.

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 72093, Dec. 20, 2021]

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 86 FR 72089, Dec. 20, 2021

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67289, Nov. 13, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 72093, Dec. 20, 2021]