Do I Need a Transfer on Death Deed in Minnesota?

A transfer on death deed in Minnesota requires notary acknowledgmentMinn. Stat. 507.071Verified Oct 18, 2026View source. The signed deed must be recorded at the county recorder or registrar of titles before death to take effectMinn. Stat. 507.071Verified Oct 18, 2026View source. 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. No county auditor certification of ownership transfer or of current and delinquent taxes is required or made, and no certificate of real estate value is required. For registered land, the registrar accepts the deed only if at least one executing grantor appears of record to hold an ownership or other interest in the property; no examiner of titles certification or approval is required before recording. Minn. Stat. 507.071 subd. 8.

Yes. A transfer on death deed is revocable at any time during the owner's life, and Minnesota revokes one by: Recording a revocation instrument before death (revokes deed in its entirety) (subd. 10(a)); Inter vivos conveyance of the property to a third party (subd. 10(b)); Recording a later transfer on death deed covering the same interest before death — the deed with the latest acknowledgment date controls and the others are void, except that an earlier deed still governs any land the later deed left out, absent language to the contrary in the later deed (subd. 13); Dissolution or annulment of marriage automatically revokes a designation of the former spouse (or of the former spouse's family members who are not also the grantor owner's), unless the deed expressly provides otherwise; remarriage to the former spouse revives it (subd. 10(c); Minn. Stat. 524.2-804 subds. 1, 3)Minn. Stat. 507.071 subd. 10Verified Oct 17, 2026View source. A will cannot revoke it.

Minnesota allows transfer on death deeds for all types of real property, including homes, land, condominiums, and commercial propertiesMinn. Stat. 507.071Verified Oct 17, 2026View source.

Yes. Minnesota allows multiple beneficiaries on a transfer on death deedMinn. Stat. 507.071Verified Oct 17, 2026View source; they take title as tenants in common unless the deed says otherwise. A successor beneficiary can be named to take if a primary beneficiary dies first.