Transfer on Death Deed for Grant County, Minnesota

In Minnesota, a transfer on death deed is signed before a notary, then recorded with the county before the owner's death. In Grant County, the County Recorder records it for $46 flat, regardless of page count.

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Minnesota provides a statutory form, and a deed in substantially that form is accepted. The deed must expressly state that the deed is only effective on the death of the grantor owner (subd. 2).

A Minnesota transfer on death deed is recorded with the County Recorder or Registrar of Titles for the county where the property sits and must be on record before the owner's death to take effect. The deed must be recorded in the office of the county recorder (abstract property) or registrar of titles (Torrens/registered property) in a county where at least part of the property is located, before the grantor owner's death. After the owner's death, the beneficiary records the affidavit of identity and survivorship to put the death on the land records.

Co-owners may sign one deed together. Minnesota requires the owner's spouse to join in the deed; the document carries the spouse's signature line.

Minnesota passes the share of a beneficiary who dies before the owner to that beneficiary's descendants under its antilapse rule. The deed can name a successor beneficiary to take in that case. Except when a successor grantee beneficiary is designated in this deed, if a designated beneficiary who is a grandparent or lineal descendant of a grandparent of the owner fails to survive the owner, the deceased beneficiary's issue who survive the owner take in that beneficiary'.

The beneficiary takes the property subject to the mortgages, liens and other encumbrances on it at death. Property transferred by a TOD deed passes subject to state and county medical assistance and other public assistance claims and liens (Minn. Stat. 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, 514.981) if the other assets of the estate are insufficient. The deed moves this parcel alone; a revocable living trust set up with SimplyTrust carries the rest of the estate.

Recording a Transfer on Death Deed in Grant County

A transfer on death deed for Grant County property is recorded with the County Recorder at 10 2nd Street Northeast, Elbow Lake, MN 56531. Phone: 1-218-685-8255. Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM.

Recording costs $46 flat, regardless of page count; a 2-page TOD deed records for $46; TOD deeds are exempt from transfer tax. Page count, cover sheets, and any local transfer-tax add-ons can change the final amount, so confirm the total with the County Recorder before submitting. Grant County accepts e-recording through Simplifile, CSC and Indecomm.

Before recording, a Minnesota transfer on death deed needs notary acknowledgment. The deed must be recorded before the owner's death to take effect.

After the owner's death, the beneficiary records the affidavit of identity and survivorship with the County Recorder to put the death on the land records: prepare it for Grant County.

SimplyTrust Editorial·Updated October 16, 2026

Legal Sources

Minn. Stat. 507.071
Minn. Stat. 357.18 (Abstract); Minn. Stat. 508.82 (Torrens)
grantcountymn.gov

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