Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 524 - 532 — Probate; Property; Estates; Guardianships; Anatomical Gifts
Chapter 524 — Uniform Probate Code

Section 524.2-118 — Adoptee And Adoptee's Adoptive Parent Or Parents. - Subdivision 1. Parent-child relationship between adoptee and adoptive parent or...

Section 524.2-119 — Adoptee And Adoptee's Genetic Parents. - Subdivision 1. Parent-child relationship between adoptee and genetic parents. Except...

Section 524.2-120 — Child Conceived By Assisted Reproduction. - Subdivision 1. Third-party donor. A parent-child relationship does not exist...

Section 524.2-121 — No Effect On Gestational Agreements. - This chapter does not affect law of this state regarding...

Section 524.2-122 — No Effect On Equitable Adoption. - This chapter does not affect the doctrine of equitable adoption....

Section 524.2-123 — Instruments Referencing Intestacy Laws. - If a maker has executed a will or other instrument...

Section 524.2-201 — Definitions. - 524.2-201 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 472 s 64] 524.2-201...

Section 524.2-202 — Elective Share. - 524.2-202 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 472 s 64] 524.2-202...

Section 524.2-203 — Composition Of The Augmented Estate. - 524.2-203 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 472 s 64] 524.2-203...

Section 524.2-204 — Decedent's Net Probate Estate. - 524.2-204 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 472 s 64] 524.2-204...

Section 524.2-205 — Decedent's Nonprobate Transfers To Others. - 524.2-205 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 472 s 64] 524.2-205...

Section 524.2-206 — Decedent's Nonprobate Transfers To Surviving Spouse. - 524.2-206 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 472 s 64] 524.2-206...

Section 524.2-207 — Surviving Spouse's Property And Nonprobate Transfers To Others. - 524.2-207 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 472 s 64] 524.2-207...

Section 524.2-208 — Exclusions, Valuation, And Overlapping Application. - (a) Exclusions. The value of any property is excluded from...

Section 524.2-209 — Sources From Which Elective Share Payable. - (a) Elective-share amount only. In a proceeding for an elective...

Section 524.2-210 — Personal Liability Of Recipients. - (a) Only original recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to...

Section 524.2-211 — Proceeding For Elective Share; Time Limit. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the election must...

Section 524.2-212 — Right Of Election Personal To Surviving Spouse. - The right of election of the surviving spouse may be...

Section 524.2-213 — Waiver Of Right To Elect And Of Other Rights. - The right of election of a surviving spouse and the...

Section 524.2-214 — Protection Of Payors And Other Third Parties. - (a) Although under section 524.2-205 a payment, item of property,...

Section 524.2-215 — Surviving Spouse Receiving Medical Assistance. - (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if a surviving...

Section 524.2-301 — Entitlement Of Spouse; Premarital Will. - (a) If a testator married after making a will and...

Section 524.2-302 — Omitted Children. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), if a testator's...

Section 524.2-401 — Applicable Law. - This part applies to the estate of a decedent who...

Section 524.2-402 — Descent Of Homestead. - (a) If there is a surviving spouse, the homestead, including...

Section 524.2-403 — Exempt Property. - (a) If there is a surviving spouse, then, in addition...

Section 524.2-404 — Family Allowance. - (a) In addition to the right to the homestead and...

Section 524.2-405 — Source, Determination, And Documentation. - (a) If the estate is otherwise sufficient, property specifically devised...

Section 524.2-501 — Who May Make A Will. - Any person 18 or more years of age who is...

Section 524.2-502 — Execution; Witnessed Wills. - Except as provided in sections 524.2-506 and 524.2-513, a will...

Section 524.2-503 — Harmless Error. - (a) If a document or writing added upon a document...

Section 524.2-504 — Self-proved Will. - (a) A will may be contemporaneously executed, attested, and made...

Section 524.2-505 — Who May Witness. - (a) An individual generally competent to be a witness may...

Section 524.2-506 — Choice Of Law As To Execution. - A written will is valid if executed in compliance with...

Section 524.2-507 — Revocation By Writing Or By Act. - (a) A will or any part thereof is revoked: (1)...

Section 524.2-508 — Revocation By Changes Of Circumstances. - Except as provided in sections 524.2-803 and 524.2-804, a change...

Section 524.2-509 — Revival Of Revoked Will. - (a) If a subsequent will that wholly revoked a previous...

Section 524.2-510 — Incorporation By Reference. - Any writing in existence when a will is executed may...

Section 524.2-511 — Testamentary Additions To Trusts. - (a) A will may validly devise property to the trustee...

Section 524.2-512 — Events Of Independent Significance. - A will may dispose of property by reference to acts...

Section 524.2-513 — Separate Writing Identifying Bequest Of Tangible Property. - A will may refer to a written statement or list...

Section 524.2-514 — Contracts Concerning Succession. - A contract to make a will or devise, or not...

Section 524.2-515 — Deposit Of Will With Court In Testator's Lifetime. - A will may be deposited by the testator or the...

Section 524.2-516 — Duty Of Custodian Of Will; Liability. - After the death of a testator and on request of...

Section 524.2-517 — Penalty Clause For Contest. - A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested...

Section 524.2-601 — Scope. - In the absence of a finding of a contrary intention,...

Section 524.2-602 — Will May Pass All Property And After-acquired Property. - A will may provide for the passage of all property...

Section 524.2-603 — Antilapse; Deceased Devisee; Class Gifts; Words Of Survivorship. - 524.2-603 MS 2000 [Repealed, 2001 c 15 s 14] 524.2-603...

Section 524.2-604 — Failure Of Testamentary Provision. - (a) Except as provided in section 524.2-603, a devise, other...

Section 524.2-605 — Increase In Securities; Accessions. - (a) If a testator executes a will that devises securities...

Section 524.2-606 — Nonademption Of Specific Devises; Unpaid Proceeds Of Sale, Condemnation, Or Insurance; Sale By Conservator Or Guardian. - (a) A specific devisee has a right to the specifically...

Section 524.2-607 — Nonexoneration. - A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage or security...

Section 524.2-608 — Exercise Of Power Of Appointment. - A general residuary clause in a will, or a will...

Section 524.2-609 — Ademption By Satisfaction. - (a) Property a testator, while living, gave to a person...

Section 524.2-701 — Scope. - In the absence of a finding of a contrary intention,...

Section 524.2-702 — Requirement Of Survival For 120 Hours For Devisees, Beneficiaries Of Certain Trusts, And Appointees Of Certain Powers Of Appointment; Simultaneous Death Act For Other Cases. - (a) Requirement of survival for 120 hours. A beneficiary of...

Section 524.2-703 — Choice Of Law As To Meaning And Effect Of Governing Instrument. - The meaning and legal effect of a governing instrument is...

Section 524.2-704 — Power Of Appointment; Meaning Of Specific Reference Requirement. - If a governing instrument creating a power of appointment expressly...

Section 524.2-705 — Class Gifts Construed To Accord With Intestate Succession. - Adopted individuals and individuals born out of wedlock, and their...

Section 524.2-708 — Class Gifts To "descendants," "issue," Or "heirs Of The Body"; Form Of Distribution If None Specified. - If a class gift in favor of "descendants," "issue," or...

Section 524.2-709 — Representation; Per Stirpes; Per Capita At Each Generation. - (a) Definitions. In this section: (1) "Deceased child" or "deceased...

Section 524.2-711 — Future Interests In "heirs," "heirs At Law," Or "next Of Kin." - If a governing instrument calls for a future distribution to...

Section 524.2-712 — Decedents Dying After December 31, 2009, And Before January 1, 2011; Formula Clauses To Be Construed To Refer To Federal Estate Tax And Federal Generation-skipping Transfer Tax Laws. - (a) A governing instrument, including a will or trust agreement,...

Section 524.2-802 — Effect Of Dissolution Of Marriage, Annulment, And Decree Of Separation. - A person whose marriage to the decedent has been dissolved...

Section 524.2-803 — Effect Of Homicide On Intestate Succession, Wills, Joint Assets, Life Insurance And Beneficiary Designations; Emergency Order. - (a) A surviving spouse, heir or devisee who feloniously and...

Section 524.2-804 — Revocation By Dissolution Of Marriage; No Revocation By Other Changes Of Circumstances. - Subdivision 1. Revocation upon dissolution. Except as provided by the...

Section 524.2-805 — Reformation To Correct Mistakes. - The court may reform the terms of a governing instrument,...

Section 524.2-806 — Modification To Achieve Transferor's Tax Objectives. - Subdivision 1. Permitted purposes. In order to achieve tax objectives...

Section 524.2-1001 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 524.2-1001 to...

Section 524.2-1002 — International Will; Validity. - Subdivision 1. Form. A will is valid as regards form,...

Section 524.2-1003 — International Will; Requirements. - Subdivision 1. In writing. The will must be made in...

Section 524.2-1004 — International Wills; Other Points Of Form. - Subdivision 1. Multiple pages. The signatures must be placed at...

Section 524.2-1005 — International Will; Certificate. - The authorized person shall sign and attach to the will...

Section 524.2-1006 — International Will; Effect Of Certificate. - In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the certificate...

Section 524.2-1007 — International Will; Revocation. - An international will is subject to the ordinary rules of...

Section 524.2-1008 — Source And Construction. - Sections 524.2-1001 to 524.2-1007 derive from Annex to Convention of...

Section 524.2-1009 — Persons Authorized To Act In Relation To International Will; Eligibility; Recognition By Authorizing Agency. - Individuals who have been admitted to practice law before the...

Section 524.2-1010 — International Will Information Registration. - Subdivision 1. Registry. The secretary of state shall establish a...

Section 524.2-1101 — Short Title. - Sections 524.2-1101 to 524.2-1116 may be cited as the "Uniform...

Section 524.2-1102 — Definitions. - As used in sections 524.2-1101 to 524.2-1116: (1) "benefactor" means...

Section 524.2-1103 — Scope. - Sections 524.2-1101 to 524.2-1116 are the exclusive means by which...

Section 524.2-1104 — Tax-qualified Disclaimer. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, other than section...

Section 524.2-1105 — When Disclaimer Is Permitted. - A disclaimer may be made at any time unless it...

Section 524.2-1106 — When Disclaimer Is Barred Or Limited. - (a) A disclaimer is barred by a written waiver of...

Section 524.2-1107 — Power To Disclaim; General Requirements; When Irrevocable. - (a) A person may disclaim, in whole or in part,...

Section 524.2-1108 — Disclaimer Of Interest In Property. - (a) Except for a disclaimer governed by section 524.2-1109 or...

Section 524.2-1109 — Disclaimer Of Rights Of Survivorship In Jointly Held Property. - (a) Upon the death of a holder of jointly held...

Section 524.2-1110 — Disclaimer Of Interest By Trustee. - If a trustee having the power to disclaim under the...

Section 524.2-1111 — Disclaimer Of Power Of Appointment Or Other Power Not Held In A Fiduciary Capacity. - If a holder disclaims a power of appointment or other...

Section 524.2-1112 — Disclaimer By Appointee, Object, Or Taker In Default Of Exercise Of Power Of Appointment. - (a) A disclaimer of an interest in property by an...

Section 524.2-1113 — Disclaimer Of Power Held In Fiduciary Capacity. - (a) If a fiduciary disclaims a power held in a...

Section 524.2-1114 — Delivery Or Filing. - (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) to (l), delivery of a...

Section 524.2-1115 — Recording Of Disclaimer Relating To Real Estate. - (a) A disclaimer of an interest in or relating to...

Section 524.2-1116 — Application To Existing Relationships. - Sections 524.2-1101 to 524.2-1116 apply to disclaimers of any interest...

Section 524.3-101 — Devolution Of Estate At Death; Restrictions. - The power of a person to leave property by will,...

Section 524.3-102 — Necessity Of Order Of Probate For Will. - Except as provided in section 524.3-1201, to be effective to...

Section 524.3-103 — Necessity Of Appointment For Administration. - Except as otherwise provided in article 4, to acquire the...

Section 524.3-104 — Claims Against Decedent; Necessity Of Administration. - No proceeding to enforce a claim against the estate of...

Section 524.3-105 — Proceedings Affecting Devolution And Administration; Jurisdiction Of Subject Matter. - Any interested person in a decedent's estate may apply to...

Section 524.3-106 — Proceedings Within The Exclusive Jurisdiction Of Court; Service; Jurisdiction Over Persons. - In proceedings within the exclusive jurisdiction of the court where...

Section 524.3-107 — Scope Of Proceedings; Proceedings Independent; Exception. - Unless supervised administration as described in part 5 is involved,...

Section 524.3-108 — Probate, Testacy And Appointment Proceedings; Ultimate Time Limit. - No informal probate or appointment proceeding or formal testacy or...

Section 524.3-109 — Statutes Of Limitation On Decedent's Cause Of Action. - No statute of limitation running on a cause of action...

Section 524.3-201 — Venue For First And Subsequent Estate Proceedings; Location Of Property. - (a) Venue for the first informal or formal testacy or...

Section 524.3-202 — Appointment Or Testacy Proceedings; Conflicting Claim Of Domicile In Another State. - If conflicting claims as to the domicile of a decedent...

Section 524.3-203 — Priority Among Persons Seeking Appointment As Personal Representative. - (a) Whether the proceedings are formal or informal, persons who...

Section 524.3-204 — Demand For Notice Of Order Or Filing Concerning Decedent's Estate. - Any person desiring notice of any order or filing pertaining...

Section 524.3-301 — Informal Probate Or Appointment Proceedings; Application; Contents. - An informal probate proceeding is an informal proceeding for the...

Section 524.3-302 — Informal Probate; Duty Of Registrar; Effect Of Informal Probate. - Upon receipt of an application requesting informal probate of a...

Section 524.3-303 — Informal Probate; Proof And Findings Required. - (a) In an informal proceeding for original probate of a...

Section 524.3-305 — Informal Probate; Registrar Not Satisfied. - If the registrar is not satisfied that a will is...

Section 524.3-306 — Informal Probate; Notice Requirements. - The moving party must give notice as described by section...

Section 524.3-307 — Informal Appointment Proceedings; Delay In Order; Duty Of Registrar; Effect Of Appointment. - (a) Upon receipt of an application for informal appointment of...

Section 524.3-308 — Informal Appointment Proceedings; Proof And Findings Required. - (a) In informal appointment proceedings, the registrar must determine whether:...

Section 524.3-309 — Informal Appointment Proceedings; Registrar Not Satisfied. - If the registrar is not satisfied that a requested informal...

Section 524.3-310 — Informal Appointment Proceedings; Notice Requirements. - The moving party must give notice as described by section...

Section 524.3-311 — Informal Appointment Unavailable In Certain Cases. - If an application for informal appointment indicates the existence of...

Section 524.3-401 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Nature; When Commenced. - A formal testacy proceeding is one conducted with notice to...

Section 524.3-402 — Formal Testacy Or Appointment Proceedings; Petition; Contents. - (a) Petitions for formal probate of a will, or for...

Section 524.3-403 — Formal Testacy Proceeding; Notice Of Hearing On Petition. - (a) Upon commencement of a formal testacy proceeding, the court...

Section 524.3-404 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Written Objections To Probate. - Any party to a formal proceeding who opposes the probate...

Section 524.3-405 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Uncontested Cases; Hearings And Proof. - If a petition in a testacy proceeding is unopposed, the...

Section 524.3-406 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Contested Cases; Testimony Of Attesting Witnesses. - (a) If evidence concerning execution of an attested will which...

Section 524.3-407 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Burdens In Contested Cases. - In contested cases, petitioners who seek to establish intestacy have...

Section 524.3-408 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Will Construction; Effect Of Final Order In Another Jurisdiction. - A final order of a court of another state determining...

Section 524.3-409 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Order; Foreign Will. - After the time required for any notice has expired, upon...

Section 524.3-410 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Probate Of More Than One Instrument. - If two or more instruments are offered for probate before...

Section 524.3-411 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Partial Intestacy. - If it becomes evident in the course of a formal...

Section 524.3-412 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Effect Of Order; Vacation. - Subject to appeal and subject to vacation as provided herein...

Section 524.3-413 — Formal Testacy Proceedings; Vacation Of Order For Other Cause And Modification Of Orders, Judgments, And Decrees. - For good cause shown, an order, judgment or decree in...

Section 524.3-414 — Formal Proceedings Concerning Appointment Of Personal Representative. - (a) A formal proceeding for adjudication regarding the priority or...

Section 524.3-501 — Supervised Administration; Nature Of Proceeding. - Supervised administration is a single in rem proceeding to secure...

Section 524.3-502 — Supervised Administration; Petition; Order. - A petition for supervised administration may be filed by any...

Section 524.3-503 — Supervised Administration; Effect On Other Proceedings. - (a) The pendency of a proceeding for supervised administration of...

Section 524.3-504 — Supervised Administration; Powers Of Personal Representative. - Unless restricted by the court, a supervised personal representative has,...

Section 524.3-505 — Supervised Administration; Interim Orders; Distribution And Closing Orders. - Unless otherwise ordered by the court, supervised administration is terminated...

Section 524.3-601 — Qualification. - Prior to receiving letters, a personal representative shall qualify by...

Section 524.3-602 — Acceptance Of Appointment; Consent To Jurisdiction. - By accepting appointment, a personal representative submits personally to the...

Section 524.3-603 — Bond Not Required Without Court Order; Exceptions. - No bond is required of a personal representative appointed in...

Section 524.3-604 — Bond Amount; Security; Procedure; Reduction. - If bond is required then the personal representative shall file...

Section 524.3-605 — Demand For Bond By Interested Person. - Any person apparently having an interest in the estate worth...

Section 524.3-606 — Terms And Conditions Of Bonds. - (a) The following requirements and provisions apply to any bond...

Section 524.3-607 — Order Restraining Personal Representative. - (a) On petition of any person who appears to have...

Section 524.3-608 — Termination Of Appointment; General. - Termination of appointment of a personal representative occurs as indicated...

Section 524.3-609 — Termination Of Appointment; Death Or Disability. - The death of a personal representative or the appointment of...

Section 524.3-610 — Termination Of Appointment; Voluntary. - (a) An appointment of a personal representative terminates as provided...

Section 524.3-611 — Termination Of Appointment By Removal; Cause; Procedure. - (a) A person interested in the estate may petition for...

Section 524.3-612 — Termination Of Appointment; Change Of Testacy Status. - Except as otherwise ordered in formal proceedings, the probate of...

Section 524.3-613 — Successor Personal Representative. - Upon notice, if any, as the court or registrar shall...

Section 524.3-614 — Special Administrator; Appointment. - A special administrator may be appointed: (1) informally by the...

Section 524.3-615 — Special Administrator; Who May Be Appointed. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), if a special...

Section 524.3-616 — Special Administrator; Appointed Informally; Powers And Duties. - A special administrator appointed by the registrar in informal proceedings...

Section 524.3-617 — Special Administrator; Formal Proceedings; Power And Duties. - A special administrator appointed by order of the court in...

Section 524.3-618 — Termination Of Appointment; Special Administrator. - The appointment of a special administrator terminates in accordance with...

Section 524.3-701 — Time Of Accrual Of Duties And Powers. - The duties and powers of a personal representative commence upon...

Section 524.3-702 — Priority Among Different Letters. - A person to whom general letters are issued first has...

Section 524.3-703 — General Duties; Relation And Liability To Persons Interested In Estate; Standing To Sue. - (a) A personal representative is a fiduciary who shall observe...

Section 524.3-704 — Personal Representative To Proceed Without Court Order; Exception. - A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and...

Section 524.3-706 — Duty Of Personal Representative; Inventory And Appraisement. - Within six months after appointment, or nine months after the...

Section 524.3-707 — Employment Of Appraisers. - The personal representative may employ a qualified and disinterested appraiser...

Section 524.3-708 — Duty Of Personal Representative; Supplementary Inventory. - If any property not included in the original inventory comes...

Section 524.3-709 — Duty Of Personal Representative; Possession Of Estate. - Except as otherwise provided by a decedent's will, every personal...

Section 524.3-710 — Power To Avoid Transfers. - The property liable for the payment of unsecured debts of...

Section 524.3-711 — Powers Of Personal Representatives; In General. - Until termination of the appointment a personal representative has the...

Section 524.3-712 — Improper Exercise Of Power; Breach Of Fiduciary Duty. - If the exercise of power concerning the estate is improper,...

Section 524.3-713 — Sale, Encumbrance Or Transaction Involving Conflict Of Interest; Voidable; Exceptions. - Any sale or encumbrance to the personal representative, the personal...

Section 524.3-714 — Persons Dealing With Personal Representative; Protection. - (a) A person who in good faith either assists a...

Section 524.3-715 — Transactions Authorized For Personal Representatives; Exceptions. - Except as restricted or otherwise provided by the will or...

Section 524.3-716 — Powers And Duties Of Successor Personal Representative. - A successor personal representative has the same power and duty...

Section 524.3-717 — Corepresentatives; When Joint Action Required. - If two or more persons are appointed corepresentatives and unless...

Section 524.3-718 — Powers Of Surviving Personal Representative. - Unless the terms of the will otherwise provide, every power...

Section 524.3-719 — Compensation Of Personal Representative. - (a) A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for...

Section 524.3-720 — Expenses In Estate Litigation. - Any personal representative or person nominated as personal representative who...

Section 524.3-721 — Proceedings For Review Of Employment Of Agents And Compensation Of Personal Representatives And Employees Of Estate. - After notice to all interested persons or on petition of...

Section 524.3-801 — Notice To Creditors. - (a) Unless notice has already been given under this section,...

Section 524.3-802 — Statutes Of Limitations. - Unless an estate is insolvent the personal representative, with the...

Section 524.3-803 — Limitations On Presentation Of Claims. - (a) All claims as defined in section 524.1-201(8), against a...

Section 524.3-804 — Manner Of Presentation Of Claims. - Claims against a decedent's estate may be presented as follows:...

Section 524.3-805 — Classification Of Claims. - (a) If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient...

Section 524.3-806 — Allowance Of Claims. - (a) As to claims presented in the manner described in...

Section 524.3-807 — Payment Of Claims. - (a) Upon the expiration of the earliest of the time...

Section 524.3-808 — Individual Liability Of Personal Representative. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a personal representative...

Section 524.3-809 — Secured Claims. - Payment of a secured claim is upon the basis of...

Section 524.3-810 — Claims Not Due And Contingent Or Unliquidated Claims. - (a) If a claim which will become due at a...

Section 524.3-811 — Counterclaims. - In allowing a claim the personal representative may deduct any...

Section 524.3-812 — Execution And Levies Prohibited. - No execution may issue upon nor may any levy be...

Section 524.3-813 — Compromise Of Claims. - When a claim against the estate has been presented in...

Section 524.3-814 — Encumbered Assets. - If any assets of the estate are encumbered by mortgage,...

Section 524.3-815 — Administration In More Than One State; Duty Of Personal Representative. - (a) All assets of estates being administered in this state...

Section 524.3-816 — Final Distribution To Domiciliary Representative. - Real estate (excluding a vendor's interest in a contract for...

Section 524.3-817 — Joint Contract Claims. - When two or more persons are indebted on any joint...

Section 524.3-901 — Successors' Rights If No Administration. - In the absence of administration, the heirs and devisees are...

Section 524.3-902 — Distribution; Order In Which Assets Appropriated; Abatement. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and except as...

Section 524.3-903 — Right Of Retainer. - The amount of a noncontingent indebtedness of a successor to...

Section 524.3-904 — Interest On General Pecuniary Devise. - General pecuniary devises bear interest at the legal rate beginning...

Section 524.3-906 — Distribution In Kind; Valuation; Method. - (a) Unless a contrary intention is indicated by the will,...

Section 524.3-907 — Distribution In Kind; Evidence. - If distribution in kind is made, the personal representative shall...

Section 524.3-908 — Distribution; Right Or Title Of Distributee. - Proof that a distributee has received an instrument or deed...

Section 524.3-909 — Improper Distribution; Liability Of Distributee. - Unless the distribution or payment no longer can be questioned...

Section 524.3-910 — Purchasers From Distributees Protected. - If property distributed in kind or a security interest therein...

Section 524.3-911 — Partition For Purpose Of Distribution. - When two or more heirs or devisees are entitled to...

Section 524.3-912 — Private Agreements Among Successors To Decedent Binding On Personal Representative. - Subject to the rights of creditors and taxing authorities, competent...

Section 524.3-913 — Distributions To Trustee. - Qualification by a court of a testamentary trustee is not...

Section 524.3-914 — Unclaimed Assets. - If any asset of the estate has not been distributed...

Section 524.3-915 — Distribution To Person Under Disability. - (a) A personal representative may discharge the obligation to distribute...

Section 524.3-916 — Apportionment Of Estate Taxes And Generation-skipping Tax. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "estate" means the...

Section 524.3-1001 — Formal Proceedings Terminating Administration; Testate Or Intestate; Order Of Distribution, Decree, And General Protection. - (a)(1) A personal representative or any interested person may petition...

Section 524.3-1002 — Formal Proceedings Terminating Testate Administration; Order Construing Will Without Adjudicating Testacy. - A personal representative administering an estate under an informally probated...

Section 524.3-1003 — Closing Estates; By Sworn Statement Of Personal Representative. - (a) Unless prohibited by order of the court and except...

Section 524.3-1004 — Liability Of Distributees To Claimants. - After assets of an estate have been distributed and subject...

Section 524.3-1005 — Limitations On Proceedings Against Personal Representative. - Unless previously barred by adjudication and except as provided in...

Section 524.3-1006 — Limitations On Actions And Proceedings Against Distributees. - Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in...

Section 524.3-1007 — Certificate Discharging Liens Securing Fiduciary Performance. - After the appointment has terminated, the personal representative, the personal...

Section 524.3-1008 — Subsequent Administration. - If property of the estate is omitted or discovered after...

Section 524.3-1101 — Effect Of Approval Of Agreements Involving Trusts, Inalienable Interests, Or Interests Of Third Persons. - A compromise of any controversy as to admission to probate...

Section 524.3-1102 — Procedure For Securing Court Approval Of Compromise. - The procedure for securing court approval of a compromise is...

Section 524.3-1201 — Collection Of Personal Property By Affidavit. - (a) Thirty days after the death of a decedent, (i)...

Section 524.3-1202 — Effect Of Affidavit. - The person paying, delivering, transferring, or issuing personal property or...

Section 524.3-1203 — Summary Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Petition and payment. Upon petition of an interested...

Section 524.3-1204 — Small Estates; Closing By Sworn Statement Of Personal Representative. - (a) Unless prohibited by order of the court and except...

Section 524.4-101 — Definitions. - In this article: (1) "Local administration" means administration by a...

Section 524.4-201 — Payment Of Debt And Delivery Of Property To Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative Without Local Administration. - At any time after the expiration of 60 days from...

Section 524.4-202 — Payment Or Delivery Discharges. - Payment or delivery made in good faith on the basis...

Section 524.4-203 — Resident Creditor Notice. - Payment or delivery under section 524.4-201 may not be made...

Section 524.4-204 — Proof Of Authority-bond. - If no local administration or application or petition therefor is...

Section 524.4-205 — Powers. - At any time after the expiration of 60 days from...

Section 524.4-206 — Power Of Representatives In Transition. - The power of a domiciliary foreign personal representative under section...

Section 524.4-207 — Provisions Governing Ancillary And Other Local Administrations. - In respect to a nonresident decedent, the provisions of article...

Section 524.4-301 — Jurisdiction By Act Of Foreign Personal Representative. - A foreign personal representative submits personally to the jurisdiction of...

Section 524.4-302 — Jurisdiction By Act Of Decedent. - In addition to jurisdiction conferred by section 524.4-301, a foreign...

Section 524.4-303 — Service On Foreign And Nonresident Personal Representatives. - (a) Service of process may be made upon a foreign...

Section 524.4-401 — Effect Of Adjudication For Or Against Personal Representative. - An adjudication rendered in any jurisdiction in favor of or...

Section 524.5-101 — Short Title. - Sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502 may be cited as the Uniform...

Section 524.5-102 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 524.5-101 to 524.5-502,...

Section 524.5-103 — Supplemental General Principles Of Law Applicable. - Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this article, the...

Section 524.5-104 — Facility Of Transfer. - (a) A person who may transfer money or personal property...

Section 524.5-106 — Subject-matter Jurisdiction. - This article applies to, and the court has jurisdiction over,...

Section 524.5-107 — Transfer Of Jurisdiction. - (a) Following the appointment of a guardian or conservator or...

Section 524.5-108 — Venue. - (a) Venue for a guardianship proceeding for a minor is...

Section 524.5-109 — Practice In Court. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the Rules...

Section 524.5-110 — Letters Of Office. - The court shall issue appropriate letters of guardianship upon the...

Section 524.5-111 — Effect Of Acceptance Of Appointment. - By accepting appointment as guardian or conservator, a guardian or...

Section 524.5-112 — Termination Of Or Change In Guardian's Or Conservator's Appointment. - (a) The appointment of a guardian or conservator terminates upon...

Section 524.5-113 — Notice. - (a) Except for notice for which specific requirements are otherwise...

Section 524.5-114 — Waiver Of Notice. - A person may waive notice by a writing signed by...

Section 524.5-115 — Guardian Ad Litem. - At any stage of a proceeding, a court may appoint...

Section 524.5-117 — Multiple Appointments Or Nominations. - If a respondent or other person makes more than one...

Section 524.5-118 — Background Study. - Subdivision 1. When required; exception. (a) The court shall require...

Section 524.5-119 — Central Registration Of Guardians And Conservators; Appropriation. - (a) By July 1, 2013, the Supreme Court shall establish...

Section 524.5-120 — Bill Of Rights For Persons Subject To Guardianship Or Conservatorship. - The person subject to guardianship or person subject to conservatorship...

Section 524.5-121 — Bill Of Particulars. - (a) When a bill of particulars is required to be...

Section 524.5-201 — Appointment And Status Of Guardian. - A person becomes a guardian of a minor by parental...

Section 524.5-202 — Parental Appointment Of Guardian. - (a) A guardian may be appointed by will, by designation...

Section 524.5-203 — Objection By Minor Or Others To Parental Appointment. - Until the court has confirmed an appointee under section 524.5-202,...

Section 524.5-204 — Judicial Appointment Of Guardian: Conditions For Appointment. - (a) The court may appoint a guardian for a minor...

Section 524.5-205 — Judicial Appointment Of Guardian: Procedure. - (a) A person interested in the welfare of a minor...

Section 524.5-206 — Judicial Appointment Of Guardian: Priority Of Minor's Nominee, Limited Guardianship. - (a) The court shall appoint as guardian a person whose...

Section 524.5-207 — Powers And Duties Of Guardian. - Subdivision 1. General statement. A guardian of a minor has...

Section 524.5-209 — Rights And Immunities Of Guardian. - (a) A guardian of a minor person subject to guardianship...

Section 524.5-210 — Termination Of Guardianship; Other Proceedings After Appointment. - (a) A guardianship of a minor terminates upon the minor's...

Section 524.5-211 — Delegation Of Power By Parent Or Guardian. - (a) A parent, legal custodian, or nonprofessional guardian of a...

Section 524.5-301 — Appointment And Status Of Guardian. - A person becomes a guardian of an incapacitated person by...

Section 524.5-302 — Appointment Of Guardian By Will Or Other Writing. - (a) A parent, by will or other signed writing executed...

Section 524.5-303 — Judicial Appointment Of Guardian: Petition. - (a) An individual or a person interested in the individual's...

Section 524.5-304 — Judicial Appointment Of Guardian: Preliminaries To Hearing. - (a) Upon receipt of a petition to establish a guardianship,...

Section 524.5-307 — Guardian Proceedings; Presence And Rights At Hearing. - (a) Unless excused by the court for good cause, the...

Section 524.5-308 — Notice. - (a) A copy of the petition and notice of the...

Section 524.5-309 — Who May Be Guardian: Priorities. - (a) Subject to paragraph (c), the court, in appointing a...

Section 524.5-310 — Findings; Order Of Appointment. - (a) The court may appoint a guardian, limited or unlimited...

Section 524.5-311 — Emergency Guardian. - (a) If the court finds that compliance with the procedures...

Section 524.5-312 — Temporary Substitute Guardian. - (a) If the court finds that a guardian is not...

Section 524.5-313 — Powers And Duties Of Guardian. - (a) A guardian shall be subject to the control and...

Section 524.5-315 — Rights And Immunities Of Guardian; Limitations. - (a) A guardian is entitled to reasonable compensation for services...

Section 524.5-316 — Reports; Monitoring Of Guardianship; Court Orders. - (a) A guardian shall report to the court in writing...

Section 524.5-317 — Termination Or Modification Of Guardianship; Court Orders. - (a) A guardianship terminates upon the death of the person...

Section 524.5-401 — Protective Proceeding. - Upon petition and after notice and hearing, the court may...

Section 524.5-402 — Jurisdiction Over Business Affairs Of Person Subject To Conservatorship. - After the service of notice in a proceeding seeking a...

Section 524.5-403 — Original Petition For Appointment Or Protective Order. - (a) The following may petition for the appointment of a...

Section 524.5-404 — Notice. - (a) A copy of the petition and the notice of...

Section 524.5-405 — Original Petition: Minors; Preliminaries To Hearing. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition to establish a...

Section 524.5-406 — Original Petition: Persons Under Disability; Preliminaries To Hearing. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition for a conservatorship...

Section 524.5-408 — Conservatorship Proceedings: Procedure At Hearing. - (a) Unless excused by the court for good cause, the...

Section 524.5-409 — Findings; Order Of Appointment. - Subdivision 1. Limited or unlimited conservator. (a) The court may...

Section 524.5-410 — Powers Of Court. - (a) After hearing and upon determining that a basis for...

Section 524.5-411 — Required Court Approval. - (a) After notice to affected persons as provided in this...

Section 524.5-412 — Protective Arrangements And Single Transactions. - (a) If a basis is established for a protective order...

Section 524.5-413 — Who May Be Conservator; Priorities. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d), the court,...

Section 524.5-414 — Petition For Order Subsequent To Appointment. - (a) A person subject to conservatorship or an interested person...

Section 524.5-415 — Bond. - The court may require a conservator to furnish a bond...

Section 524.5-416 — Terms And Requirements Of Bond. - (a) The following rules apply to any bond required: (1)...

Section 524.5-417 — General Powers And Duties Of Conservator. - (a) A conservator shall be subject to the control and...

Section 524.5-418 — General Powers And Duties Of Conservator With Respect To Real Property. - This section is applicable only to conservatorships and not to...

Section 524.5-419 — Inventory; Records. - (a) Within 60 days after appointment, a conservator shall prepare...

Section 524.5-420 — Reports; Appointment Of Visitor; Monitoring; Court Orders. - (a) A conservator shall report to the court for administration...

Section 524.5-421 — Title After Appointment. - (a) The appointment of a conservator does not vest title...

Section 524.5-422 — Interest Of Person Subject To Conservatorship Nonalienable. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (c) and (d),...

Section 524.5-423 — Sale, Encumbrance, Or Other Transaction Involving Conflict Of Interest. - Any transaction involving the conservatorship estate which is affected by...

Section 524.5-424 — Protection Of Person Dealing With Conservator. - (a) A person who assists or deals with a conservator...

Section 524.5-426 — Delegation. - (a) A conservator may not delegate to an agent or...

Section 524.5-427 — Principles Of Distribution By Conservator. - (a) Unless otherwise specified in the order of appointment and...

Section 524.5-428 — Death Of Person Subject To Conservatorship. - (a) If a person subject to conservatorship dies, the conservator...

Section 524.5-429 — Claims Against Person Subject To Conservatorship. - (a) A conservator may pay, or secure by encumbering assets...

Section 524.5-430 — Personal Liability Of Conservator. - (a) Except as otherwise agreed, a conservator is not personally...

Section 524.5-431 — Termination Of Proceedings. - (a) A conservatorship terminates upon the death of the person...

Section 524.5-432 — Payment Of Debt And Delivery Of Property To Foreign Conservator Without Local Proceeding. - (a) A person who is indebted to or has the...

Section 524.5-433 — Foreign Conservator: Proof Of Authority; Bond; Powers. - If a conservator has not been appointed in this state...

Section 524.5-501 — Guardianship, Conservatorship; Workers' Compensation Proceedings. - 524.5-501 [Repealed, 1984 c 603 s 29] 524.5-501 GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP;...

Section 524.5-502 — Compensation And Expenses. - 524.5-502 [Repealed, 1984 c 603 s 29] 524.5-502 COMPENSATION AND...

Section 524.5-601 — Short Title. - Sections 524.5-601 to 524.5-903 may be cited as the "Uniform...

Section 524.5-602 — Definitions. - (a) The definitions in this section apply to sections 524.5-602...

Section 524.5-603 — International Application. - A court of this state may treat a foreign country...

Section 524.5-604 — Communication Between Courts. - (a) A court of this state may communicate with a...

Section 524.5-605 — Cooperation Between Courts. - (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this state,...

Section 524.5-606 — Taking Testimony In Another State. - (a) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to...

Section 524.5-701 — Definitions; Significant Connection Factors. - (a) In sections 524.5-701 to 524.5-709: (1) "emergency" means a...

Section 524.5-702 — Exclusive Basis. - Sections 524.5-701 to 524.5-709 provide the exclusive jurisdictional basis for...

Section 524.5-703 — Jurisdiction. - A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a...

Section 524.5-704 — Special Jurisdiction. - (a) A court of this state lacking jurisdiction under section...

Section 524.5-705 — Exclusive And Continuing Jurisdiction. - Except as otherwise provided in section 524.5-704, a court that...

Section 524.5-706 — Appropriate Forum. - (a) A court of this state having jurisdiction under section...

Section 524.5-707 — Jurisdiction Declined By Reason Of Conduct. - (a) If at any time a court of this state...

Section 524.5-708 — Notice Of Proceeding. - If a petition for the appointment of a guardian or...

Section 524.5-709 — Proceedings In More Than One State. - Except for a petition for the appointment of a guardian...

Section 524.5-801 — Transfer Of Guardianship Or Conservatorship To Another State. - (a) A guardian or conservator appointed in this state may...

Section 524.5-802 — Accepting Guardianship Or Conservatorship Transferred From Another State. - (a) To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred...

Section 524.5-901 — Registration Of Guardianship Orders. - If a guardian has been appointed in another state and...

Section 524.5-902 — Registration Of Protective Orders. - If a conservator has been appointed in another state and...

Section 524.5-903 — Effect Of Registration. - (a) Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from...

Section 524.6-201 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214,...

Section 524.6-202 — Ownership As Between Parties, And Others; Protection Of Financial Institutions. - The provisions of sections 524.6-203 to 524.6-205 concerning beneficial ownership...

Section 524.6-203 — Ownership During Lifetime. - (a) A joint account belongs, during the lifetime of all...

Section 524.6-204 — Right Of Survivorship. - (a) Sums remaining on deposit at the death of a...

Section 524.6-205 — Effect Of A Written Notice To Financial Institution. - The provisions of section 524.6-204 as to rights of survivorship...

Section 524.6-206 — Accounts And Transfers Nontestamentary. - Any transfers resulting from the application of section 524.6-204 are...

Section 524.6-207 — Rights Of Creditors. - No multiple-party account will be effective against an estate of...

Section 524.6-208 — Financial Institution Protection; Payment On Signature Of One Party. - Financial institutions may enter into multiple-party accounts to the same...

Section 524.6-209 — Financial Institution Protection; Payment After Death Or Disability; Joint Account. - Any sums in a joint account may be paid, on...

Section 524.6-210 — Financial Institution Protection; Payment Of P.o.d. Account. - Any P.O.D. account may be paid, on request, to any...

Section 524.6-211 — Financial Institution Protection; Discharge. - Payment made pursuant to sections 524.6-208 to 524.6-210 discharges the...

Section 524.6-212 — Financial Institution Protection; Setoff. - Without qualifying any other statutory right to setoff or lien...

Section 524.6-213 — Forms. - Subdivision 1. Survivorship account. Deposits made using a form of...

Section 524.6-214 — Citation. - Sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214 may be cited as the "Minnesota...

Section 524.6-215 — Designation Of Agent. - (a) By a writing signed by all parties, or by...

Section 524.6-216 — Types Of Account; Existing Accounts. - (a) An account may be for a single party or...

Section 524.6-301 — Definitions. - In sections 524.6-301 to 524.6-311: (1) "Beneficiary form" means a...

Section 524.6-302 — Registration In Beneficiary Form; Sole Or Joint Tenancy Ownership. - Only individuals whose registration of a security shows sole ownership...

Section 524.6-303 — Registration In Beneficiary Form; Applicable Law. - A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the...

Section 524.6-304 — Origination Of Registration In Beneficiary Form. - A security, whether evidenced by certificate or account, is registered...

Section 524.6-305 — Form Of Registration In Beneficiary Form. - Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words...

Section 524.6-306 — Effect Of Registration In Beneficiary Form. - The designation of a TOD beneficiary on a registration in...

Section 524.6-307 — Death Of Owner; Creditors. - Subdivision 1. Ownership on death of owner. On death of...

Section 524.6-308 — Protection Of Registering Entity. - (a) A registering entity is not required to offer or...

Section 524.6-309 — Nontestamentary Transfer; Revocation Of Designation. - Subdivision 1. Nontestamentary transfer on death. (a) A transfer on...

Section 524.6-310 — Terms, Conditions, And Forms For Registration. - (a) A registering entity offering to accept registrations in beneficiary...

Section 524.6-311 — Application. - Sections 524.6-301 to 524.6-311 apply to registrations of securities in...

Section 524.8-101 — Provisions For Transition. - Except as provided elsewhere in this chapter, on the effective...

Section 524.8-103 — Early Effective Date. - Notwithstanding section 524.8-101, the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 442...

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Minnesota Statutes Chapters 524 - 532 — Probate; Property; Estates; Guardianships; Anatomical Gifts Chapter 524 — Uniform Probate Code

Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 524 - 532 — Probate; Property; Estates; Guardianships; Anatomical Gifts
Chapter 524 — Uniform Probate Code