Estate Planning for Nassau County, New York Property Owners

For most Nassau County homeowners, the house is what drags an estate into probate. A transfer-on-death deed or a living trust keeps it out—here is how to set up either one and record it locally.

For a Nassau County property owner, the biggest probate risk is the home itself. Real estate is what forces most families into the Surrogate's Court. The two tools that keep a Nassau County home out of probate are a transfer-on-death deed recorded with the County Clerk, and a revocable living trust that holds title to the property.

Skipping this planning step means the Surrogate's Court decides who receives the property: a simple New York probate takes 7+ months and opens with $45 in court filing fees.

Record a Transfer-on-Death Deed in Nassau County

A transfer on death deed names a beneficiary who receives Nassau County property automatically at the owner's death, without probate. It is recorded with the County Clerk during the owner's lifetime and can be revoked at any time.

Before recording, a New York transfer on death deed is signed with 2N.Y. Real Prop. Law 424Verified Aug 24, 2026View source witnesses and notary acknowledgmentN.Y. Real Prop. Law 424Verified Aug 24, 2026View source. The deed takes effect only if it is recorded before the owner's deathN.Y. Real Prop. Law 424Verified Aug 24, 2026View source.

Where to Record Property Documents

Deeds and other real property documents for Nassau County are recorded with the County Clerk, led by County Clerk Maureen O'Connell, at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY 11501. Phone: (516) 571-2660. Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM (last cashiering at 4:45 PM).

The County Clerk charges $45 per document plus $5 for every page. A 2-page transfer on death deed costs $55 to record in Nassau County. A transfer on death deed is exempt from transfer tax.

Recording Office Record

County Clerk

Nassau County · County Clerk · Maureen O'Connell

Address

240 Old Country RoadMineola, NY 11501

Hours

Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM (last cashiering at 4:45 PM)
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Recording fees

Document fee (per document)$45
Each page$5
TP-584 Combined Real Estate Transfer Tax Return$5
RP-5217 Real Property Transfer Report (Residential/Agricultural)$125
RP-5217 Real Property Transfer Report (Commercial/Other)$250
Transfer tax on a TOD deedExempt

CPLR § 8021(a)(4) (county-adjustable); RPL § 333(3)(ii) (RP-5217 filing fee); county-published fee schedules

Verified September 8, 2026 · Source

Estate Planning Attorneys Serving Nassau County

FirmLake Success, NY

Abrams Fensterman, LLP

Since 2000 · Serves 9 counties

Lake Success (Nassau County) firm guiding executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries through New York Surrogate's Court — probate, estate and trust administration, and contested estates and objections to a will or to fiduciary conduct. Also handles estate planning, retirement-distribution planning, Medicaid and elder law. Absorbed the Berwitz & DiTata estate practice.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationTrust AdministrationProbateand 6 more

Office
3 Dakota Drive, Suite 300Lake Success, NY 11042

FirmJericho, NY

Adler Law Firm, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Jericho (Nassau County) firm filing for Long Island families in the Nassau and Suffolk Surrogate's Courts. Handles probate, letters of administration and estate administration, wills and trusts, trustee and beneficiary representation, elder law and special-needs planning. Attorneys handle each case personally rather than passing it to staff.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationTrust AdministrationProbateand 4 more

Office
390 North Broadway, Suite 200Jericho, NY 11753

Solo PracticeWoodbury, NY

C. Haner Law, PLLC

Serves 2 counties

Woodbury solo handling Nassau County probate through the Surrogate's Court in Mineola. Haner files probate petitions, gets executors appointed under letters testamentary, and brings compulsory-accounting and will-contest proceedings when a fiduciary refuses to account. The site carries fourteen plain-language Surrogate's Court explainers covering citations, renunciations, temporary administration and venue.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbateProbate Litigationand 4 more

Office
7600 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 301Woodbury, NY 11797

Solo PracticeSetauket, NY

David J. Lorber & Associates, PLLC

Since 2019 · Serves 7 counties

Setauket (Suffolk County) practice handling probate, estate administration, and trust and estate litigation in the Surrogate's Court, serving Long Island and the New York metro area. Drafts wills, trusts, and special-needs and business-succession plans, and brings adult guardianship proceedings, with phone, virtual, and office consultations offered at no charge.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbateTrust Litigationand 3 more

Office
100 North Country RoadSetauket, NY 11733
Free consultationVirtual consultations

Solo PracticeMineola, NY

Eric M. Kutner, Certified Public Accountant & Attorney at Law

Serves 7 counties

Mineola attorney-CPA handling Nassau County estate settlement in the Surrogate's Court. Kutner takes administrators through probate and through the non-probate transfers that sit outside it, including estates holding real property in more than one county, and serves as executor and trustee himself. He also oversees the trust, estate and tax departments of a Manhattan firm as of counsel.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationProbateTax Planningand 2 more

Office
200 Old Country Road, Suite 364Mineola, NY 11501

FirmGreat Neck, NY

Esther Schwartz Zelmanovitz, PLLC

Since 2017 · Serves 6 counties

Great Neck (Nassau County) firm of two attorneys serving Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Westchester. Handles probate where there is a will and estate administration where there is not, navigating the Surrogate's Court system for executors and administrators, alongside trust administration, wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, elder law, Medicaid planning, and special-needs trusts. Founded in 2017 by attorneys with more than two decades in elder law and estate practice; free 15-minute phone consultation.

PracticesEstate PlanningEstate AdministrationTrust AdministrationProbateand 4 more

Office
1010 Northern Boulevard, Suite 302Great Neck, NY 11021
Free consultationVirtual consultations
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