Free Wisconsin Affidavit of Death

In Wisconsin, a surviving joint owner or a transfer on death deed beneficiary records the “Termination of Decedent’s Interest”.

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Who may sign in Wisconsin: Any person interested in the property, who signs the application and verifies it under oath; for survivorship marital property, the decedent’s spouse, or any interested person once 90 days pass after the death without a proceeding to confirm the interest.

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The “Termination of Decedent’s Interest”: Wisconsin law names an application to the register of deeds that terminates a deceased joint tenant’s interest, published as the Termination of Decedent’s Interest form. The applicant swears to it and records it with a copy of the deed and the property tax bill. 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 interested in the property, who signs the application and verifies it under oath; for survivorship marital property, the decedent’s spouse, or any interested person once 90 days pass after the death without a proceeding to confirm the interest. The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat.

It states: the name and address of the decedent; the name and address of the surviving joint tenant; the date of the decedent’s death; the applicant’s interest in the property; the current legal description of the property, in one of the manners Wis. Stat. § 59.43(2s)(a) lists, imprinted on the application or attached to it; the reason for exemption from the real estate transfer fee, stated on the face by reference to Wis. Stat. § 77.25(11). Attached when recorded: a copy of the property tax bill for the year before the year of death, or the most recent property tax bill, unless the register of deeds and the county real property lister have agreed to waive its recording; a copy of the deed that created the joint tenancy.

Recording is not a condition of the transfer: title passed at the death under the instrument. Filed with it: Wisconsin Electronic Real Estate Transfer Return.

The “Termination of Decedent’s Interest”: Wisconsin law names an application to the register of deeds that confirms a transfer on death beneficiary’s interest, published as the Termination of Decedent’s Interest form. The beneficiary swears to it and records it with a copy of the deed and the property tax bill. Who signs: A TOD beneficiary, or the representative of a beneficiary that is not an individual, who signs the application and verifies it under oath; any interested person once 90 days pass after the death without a proceeding to confirm the interest. The document is prepared on that basis as well.

The Affidavit of Death in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's instrument for a joint owner's death is the “Termination of Decedent’s Interest”, recorded by a surviving joint owner with the county recording office. What it does: Wisconsin law names an application to the register of deeds that terminates a deceased joint tenant’s interest, published as the Termination of Decedent’s Interest form. The applicant swears to it and records it with a copy of the deed and the property tax bill.

The affidavit is sworn before a notary public, who completes the jurat. Who may make it: Any person interested in the property, who signs the application and verifies it under oath; for survivorship marital property, the decedent’s spouse, or any interested person once 90 days pass after the death without a proceeding to confirm the interest.

What the statute has it state: the name and address of the decedent; the name and address of the surviving joint tenant; the date of the decedent’s death, and 3 more.

Attached when recorded: a copy of the property tax bill for the year before the year of death, or the most recent property tax bill, unless the register of deeds and the county real property lister have agreed to waive its recording; a copy of the deed that created the joint tenancy.

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: Wisconsin Electronic Real Estate Transfer Return. Wisconsin publishes Termination of Decedent’s Interest (HT-110 and TOD-110); the document is that form, filled with the entries.

A transfer on death deed beneficiary records the “Termination of Decedent’s Interest”: Wisconsin law names an application to the register of deeds that confirms a transfer on death beneficiary’s interest, published as the Termination of Decedent’s Interest form. The beneficiary swears to it and records it with a copy of the deed and the property tax bill. The document is prepared on that basis as well.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 26, 2026

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