Can you use a transfer-on-death deed in Maine?

Yes. In Maine, an owner may transfer property at death by a transfer on death deed that has the formalities of a recordable deed, states that the transfer occurs at the owner’s death and is recorded in the county registry of deeds before the owner’s death, and it stays revocable. This is the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act. The deed is effective without notice to, delivery to or acceptance by the beneficiary during the owner’s life, and without consideration. It is revocable even if it says otherwise, but only by a later transfer on death deed, an instrument of revocation or an ordinary deed that revokes it, acknowledged and recorded before the owner’s death; marking or destroying the recorded deed does not revoke it. A deed made by joint owners is revoked only if all the living joint owners revoke it. This is 18-C M.R.S. §§ 6-401, 6-405, 6-406, 6-409, 6-410, 6-411.

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Transfer-on-death deedAllowed; record before death

Source

18-C M.R.S. §§ 6-401, 6-405, 6-406, 6-409, 6-410, 6-411

Read the statute in the Maine Revised Statutes (Maine Legislature): legislature.maine.gov.

Checked against the statute on November 13, 2026.

This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.

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