If you decide to revoke your TODD, you must file and record the TODD revocation document before you die. In other words, if you have the TODD revocation document prepared while you are alive but rather than file it with the County, you decide to hold onto it in your safe, it is as though the document was never prepared. Why? Because it must be filed and recorded before you die to be valid. After you pass away, it is illegal for your next-of-kin to then file a TODD you signed while you were still alive.
For more information, see Minn. Stat. § 507.071.
