Rice County Transfer on Death Revocation Form (Minnesota)

All Rice County specific forms and documents listed below are included in your immediate download package:

Transfer on Death Revocation Form

Rice County Transfer on Death Revocation Form

Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included Rice County compliant document last validated/updated 11/1/2024

Transfer on Death Revocation Guide

Rice County Transfer on Death Revocation Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
Included Rice County compliant document last validated/updated 8/8/2024

Completed Example of the Transfer on Death Revocation Document

Rice County Completed Example of the Transfer on Death Revocation Document

Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included Rice County compliant document last validated/updated 11/12/2024

When using these Transfer on Death Revocation forms, the subject real estate must be physically located in Rice County. The executed documents should then be recorded in the following office:

Rice County Recorder

Government Services Building - 320 Third St NW, Suite 10, Faribault, Minnesota 55021

Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm M-F

Phone: (507) 332-6114

Local jurisdictions located in Rice County include:

  • Dundas
  • Faribault
  • Kilkenny
  • Lonsdale
  • Morristown
  • Nerstrand
  • Northfield
  • Warsaw
  • Webster

How long does it take to get my forms?

Forms are available immediately after submitting payment.

How do I get my forms, are they emailed?

Immediately after you submit payment, the Rice County forms you order will be available for download directly from your account. You can then download the forms to your computer. If you do not already have an account, one will be created for you as part of the order process, and your login details will be provided to you. If you encounter any issues accessing your forms, please reach out to our support team for assistance. Forms are NOT emailed to you.

What does "validated/updated" mean?

This indicates the most recent date when at least one of the following occurred:

  • Updated: The document was updated or changed to remain compliant.
  • Validated: The document was examined by an attorney or staff, or it was successfully recorded in Rice County using our eRecording service.
Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Rice County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed all formatting requirements set forth by Rice County including margin requirements, content requirements, font and font size requirements.

Can the Transfer on Death Revocation forms be re-used?

Yes. You can re-use the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have more than one property in Rice County that you need to transfer you would only need to order our forms once for all of your properties in Rice County.

What are supplemental forms?

Often when a deed is recorded, additional documents are required by Minnesota or Rice County. These could be tax related, informational, or even as simple as a coversheet. Supplemental forms are provided for free with your order where available.

What type of files are the forms?

All of our Rice County Transfer on Death Revocation forms are PDFs. You will need to have or get Adobe Reader to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.

Do I need any special software to use these forms?

You will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.

Do I have to enter all of my property information online?

No. The blank forms are downloaded to your computer and you fill them out there, at your convenience.

Can I save the completed form, email it to someone?

Yes, you can save your deed form at any point with your information in it. The forms can also be emailed, blank or complete, as attachments.

Are there any recurring fees involved?

No. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

Minnesota's transfer on death deeds are governed by Minn. Stat. 507.071.

Transfer on death deeds offer an excellent alternative for people who wish to designate a beneficiary for their real estate, while remaining outside the complexity of the probate process. Life is unpredictable, however, and the grantor owner of the property might wish to change or revoke the previously recorded transfer on death deed. The same statute covering the deed also includes a section about revoking it (subd. 10).

There are several ways to revoke a transfer on death deed in Minnesota:

1. Complete and record a statutory revocation form (subd. 25). This is the source for the general revocation form. The statute states that a transfer on death deed "may be revoked at any time by the grantor owner or, if there is more than one grantor owner, by any of the grantor owners. To be effective, the revocation must be recorded in the county in which at least a part of the real property is located before the death of the grantor owner or owners who execute the revocation." The revocation is not effective . . . until the revocation is recorded in the county in which the real property is located.

2. Minnesota transfer on death deeds allow grantor owners full use of and control over the property to be conveyed. If the grantor owner who executed and recorded a transfer on death deed decides to convey the same property to a third party using anything "other than a transfer on death deed, all or a part of such grantor owner's interest in the property described in the transfer on death deed, no transfer of the conveyed interest shall occur on such grantor owner's death and the transfer on death deed shall be ineffective as to the conveyed or transferred interests, but the transfer on death deed remains effective with respect to the conveyance or transfer on death of any other interests described in the transfer on death deed owned by the grantor owner at the time of the grantor owner's death."

3. "If a grantor owner executes and records more than one transfer on death deed conveying the same interest in real property or a greater interest in the real property, the transfer on death deed that has the latest acknowledgment date and that is recorded before the death of the grantor owner upon whose death the conveyance or transfer is conditioned is the effective transfer on death deed and all other transfer on death deeds, if any, executed by the grantor owner or the grantor owners are ineffective to transfer any interest and are void." (subd. 13)

NOTE: a correctly executed, acknowledged, and recorded transfer on death deed cannot be revoked by a will. (subd. 19)

To summarize, once a transfer on death deed is recorded, there are three primary ways to revoke it: a revocation form, conveying the property to a third party by another kind of deed (warranty, quitclaim, etc.), or by executing and recording a new transfer on death deed with a different beneficiary. They may also be invalidated as part of a final divorce decree, but that is part of a different process. To maintain the most clarity in the chain of title (ownership history), however, it makes sense to record a revocation before changing anything else about the status of real estate covered by a transfer on death deed.

Remember that the revocation must be recorded, DURING THE GRANTOR OWNER'S LIFE, in the county where the property is located.

(Minnesota TOD Revocation Package includes form, guidelines, and completed example)

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