Minnesota Statutes 524.2-1010 – International Will Information Registration
Subdivision 1.Registry.
The secretary of state shall establish a registry system by which authorized persons may register, in a central information center, information regarding the execution of international wills. The information shall be private until the death of the testator, after which date it shall be available to any person desiring information about any will who presents a death record or other satisfactory evidence of the testator’s death to the secretary of state.
Subd. 2.Transmission to other registry.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 524.2-1010
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 524.2-1010
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
The secretary of state, at the request of the authorized person, may cause the information received about execution of any international will to be transmitted to the registry system of another jurisdiction as identified by the testator, if that other system adheres to rules protecting the confidentiality of the information similar to those established in this state.
Subd. 3.Information to be registered.
Only the following information may be received, preserved and reported pursuant to this section:
(a) The testator’s name, Social Security number or other individual identifying number established by law;
(b) The testator’s address and date and place of birth; and
(c) The intended place of deposit or safekeeping of the instrument pending the death of the testator.