CA Prob Code Section 5682

If both of the following conditions are satisfied, a person dealing with a beneficiary of a revocable transfer on death deed of real property shall have the same rights and protections as the person would have if the beneficiary had been named as a distributee of the property in an order for distribution of the transferor’s estate that had become final:

(a)

The person acted in good faith and for a valuable consideration.

(b)

An affidavit of death was recorded for the property under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 210) of Part 4 of Division 2.