Minnesota2026Passed Legislature
HF3560
Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act
Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 3:39 AM
In one sentence
This law allows people in Minnesota to create and sign certain non-will estate planning documents using electronic records and signatures.
What it does
- Enacts the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act as Chapter 533 of the state statutes.
- Allows nontestamentary estate planning documents, such as trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives, to be created using electronic records and signatures.
- Defines 'electronic presence' as communicating by sight and sound through an electronic device while in a specific state, allowing for reasonable accommodations for disabilities.
- States that existing laws regarding electronic transactions do not lose validity if they already make a document valid under other acts like the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Probate Code.
- Clarifies that this law does not require anyone to use electronic documents or signatures.
Who it affects
- Individuals creating nontestamentary estate planning records such as trusts, powers of attorney, and advance directives.
- Settlors who create or contribute property to a trust.
- Agents acting on behalf of principals under a power of attorney.
Limits and unknowns
- This law does not apply to deeds of real property or certificates of title for motor vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft.
- The rules do not apply if a specific document states it cannot use electronic records or signatures.
- The effective date is not listed in the provided text.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Nontestamentary estate planning document
- A record relating to estate planning that is not a will. This includes trusts, powers of attorney, advance directives, and records directing the disposition of an individual's body after death.
- Electronic signature
- An electronic symbol or process attached to a digital record with the intent to sign it.
- Electronic presence
- Being in a state and communicating by sight and sound through an electronic device as if physically present, including accommodations for disabilities.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act enacted.
Official activity
Bill history
- See Senate file in House SF3602House
- Bills identical, SF substituted on General RegisterHouse
- Referred to Chief Clerk for comparison with SF3602House
- Committee report, to adoptHouse
- Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil LawHouse