Free Michigan Affidavit of Death

In Michigan, a surviving joint owner records the “Affidavit stating facts relating to matters affecting realty”.

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Who may sign in Michigan: Any person having knowledge of the facts and competent to testify concerning those facts in open court.

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The “Affidavit stating facts relating to matters affecting realty”: Michigan law lets any person who knows the facts record an affidavit stating a death that affects title with the county register of deeds. Recording is optional, but a later deed by the survivor is recorded only once proof of the death is on record. A surviving joint owner records it with the county recording office, and the prepared document is laid out for recording.

Who may sign, in the statute's words: Any person having knowledge of the facts and competent to testify concerning those facts in open court. The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat.

It states: the facts of the death of the deceased owner named in the deed that vested the property; a description of the land, or a reference to the recorded deed or other instrument in the chain of title that fully describes it; any social security number with its first five digits obscured or removed.

Recording is not a condition of the transfer: title passed at the death under the instrument. Filed with it: Property Transfer Affidavit (Form 2766, L-4260).

In Michigan, no statute authorizes a transfer on death deed, so there is no beneficiary's affidavit to record. The document prepared on this page is the surviving joint owner's affidavit.

The Affidavit of Death in Michigan

Michigan's instrument for a joint owner's death is the “Affidavit stating facts relating to matters affecting realty”, recorded by a surviving joint owner with the county recording office. What it does: Michigan law lets any person who knows the facts record an affidavit stating a death that affects title with the county register of deeds. Recording is optional, but a later deed by the survivor is recorded only once proof of the death is on record.

The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat. Who may make it: Any person having knowledge of the facts and competent to testify concerning those facts in open court.

What the statute has it state: the facts of the death of the deceased owner named in the deed that vested the property; a description of the land, or a reference to the recorded deed or other instrument in the chain of title that fully describes it; any social security number with its first five digits obscured or removed.

Recording is not a condition of the transfer; title passed at the death under the instrument, and the affidavit puts the death on the record. Filed with it: Property Transfer Affidavit (Form 2766, L-4260).

In Michigan, no statute authorizes a transfer on death deed, so there is no beneficiary's affidavit to record.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 26, 2026

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The Affidavit of Death in Michigan

The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat. Who may make it: Any person having knowledge of the facts and competent to testify concerning those facts in open court.

In Michigan, no statute authorizes a transfer on death deed, so there is no beneficiary's affidavit to record.

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