{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-519a.05","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 519A.05","heading":"PERFECTION OF TITLE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, TRUSTEE, HEIR OR DEVISEE, OR TESTAMENTARY BENEFICIARY.","body":"If the title to any property to which this chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death or by a trustee of an inter vivos trust created by the decedent or the decedent and the decedent's spouse, the personal representative, the trustee, an heir or devisee of the decedent, or a testamentary beneficiary may institute an action to perfect title to the property. Neither the personal representative nor the trustee of a trust described in this section has a fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse or by a trustee of any trust described in this section is property to which this chapter applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, testamentary beneficiary, or creditor of the decedent as follows:\n(1) within four months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors, if the property was held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death; or\n(2) within 60 days after the decedent's date of death, if the property was held by a trustee of an inter vivos trust at the time of death.","path":["DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 519A. UNIFORM DISPOSITION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY RIGHTS AT DEATH ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/519A.05","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:49Z","sha256":"23620bd6d749e53ff8d1764ec2af901f181cc3c50913420647a8912cb38e8836","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-519a.04","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-519a.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}