This Minnesota Living Will is titled "Health Care Directive" and is provided in a bundle of Advance Directives that also includes a form for designating a Health Care Agent. Although there is no official state form, it must comply with these Minnesota statutes to be valid.
Your signature must be notarized OR two (2) witnesses must sign your Minnesota Advance Directive in order for it to be legal.
Your signature must be notarized OR two (2) witnesses must sign your Minnesota Advance Directive in order for it to be legal.
Minnesota Advance Directive Form
Other resources for Minnesota:
Death Certificates
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 521A Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Description: This law authorizes a decedent’s personal representative or trustee to access and manage digital assets and electronic communications. [Full Bill | Attorney Jim Lamm's blog post about the law]
Status: Effective August 1, 2016
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
Minnesota has no legislation
Organ Donation Registries
Minnesota Organ Donation registry official link.
POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Form
Download the POLST form for Minnesota residents.
Probate Laws
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
Death Certificates
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 521A Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Description: This law authorizes a decedent’s personal representative or trustee to access and manage digital assets and electronic communications. [Full Bill | Attorney Jim Lamm's blog post about the law]
Status: Effective August 1, 2016
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
Minnesota has no legislation
Organ Donation Registries
Minnesota Organ Donation registry official link.
POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Form
Download the POLST form for Minnesota residents.
Probate Laws
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
- The top estate tax rate is 16 percent (exemption threshold: $2.7 million; this increases to $3 million in 2020)