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Transfer-on-death deeds in Maine

What Maine’s own law and official pages say about transfer-on-death deeds: what the state calls the instrument, what it must say, how it is signed and recorded, and what happens at the owner’s death. Nothing on this page decides whether a deed suits a particular home or family, or how one should be written. That belongs to an attorney in Maine.

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Every quotation checked October 24, 2026

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What a transfer on death deed does

An individual may transfer for no consideration property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed.

Maine · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 18-C M.R.S. §6-405

Recording the deed before death at the registry of deeds, and what it must state

Must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the registry of deeds in the county where the property is located.

Must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and

Maine · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 18-C M.R.S. §6-409

The statute’s template, and its note that it is not to be recorded as printed

The following template may be used to create a transfer on death deed. This template is not intended to be printed and recorded in its current format.

Maine · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 18-C M.R.S. §6-417

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An individual may transfer for no consideration property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor's death by a transfer on death deed.

Maine · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 18-C M.R.S. §6-405

Must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the registry of deeds in the county where the property is located.

Must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and

Maine · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 18-C M.R.S. §6-409

Must be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the registry of deeds in the county where the property is located.

Must state that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and

Maine · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 18-C M.R.S. §6-409

The following template may be used to create a transfer on death deed. This template is not intended to be printed and recorded in its current format.

Maine · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · 18-C M.R.S. §6-417

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