Transfer of Real Estate

(a) Transfers of Real Estate in Supervised and Unsupervised Administration; Transfer by Personal Representative of Real Property for Value; Documents Required. A personal representative shall provide a transferee of real property for value with the following documents: (1) A certified copy of unrestricted letters (30 days must have elapsed since date of issuance of letters to an informally appointed personal representative); (2) A certified copy of the will; and (3) A personal representative's deed or other instrument transferring any interest in real property which shall contain the marital status of the decedent and the consent of spouse, if any. (b) Distribution of Real Property; Documents Required. A personal representative shall provide a distributee of real property with the following documents: (1) When distribution is made by decree, a certified copy of the decree of distribution assigning any interest in real property to the distributee. (2) When distribution is made by deed from a personal representative in unsupervised administration: (i) A certified copy of unrestricted letters (30 days must have elapsed since date of issuance of letters to an informally appointed personal representative); (ii) A certified copy of the will; and Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. 281 GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE MINNESOTA COURT RULES (iii) A personal representative's deed of distribution of any interest in real property to the distributee which shall contain the marital status of the decedent and consent of spouse, if any. (3) When distribution is made by deed from the personal representative in supervised administration: (i) A certified copy of unrestricted letters; (ii) A certified copy of an order of distribution which authorizes the distribution of any interest in real property to the distributee; (iii) A certified copy of the will; and (iv) A personal representative's deed of distribution of any interest in real property to the distributee. (Amended effective January 1, 2020; amended effective November 22, 2023.) Advisory Committee Comment Amendment – 2023