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ME · Revocable Living Trust

Make your Maine living trust.

Skip probate, keep your estate private, and stay in control while you're alive. Legally valid in Maine. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.

Maine living trust requirements

Witnesses requiredNone required
NotarizationRecommended for real estate

How it works

  1. 1

    Answer a few questions

    About your assets, trustees, and beneficiaries.

  2. 2

    Download your trust

    A complete, personalized revocable living trust, formatted for Maine.

  3. 3

    Sign and fund

    Sign the trust. Fund it by transferring assets into its name (notarization strongly recommended if real estate is involved).

Signing a Maine living trust

No formal execution requirements beyond settlor signature; notarization strongly recommended when funding real property

Funding Maine real estate into the trust

To transfer Maine real estate into your trust, you sign a new deed conveying the property from yourself to yourself as trustee, then record the deed with the Registry of Deeds for the county where any deeded Trust property lies for the county where the property is located. The trust does not control real estate unless the deed transfer is recorded.

Two tiers, both private

Free: nothing leaves your browser. No account, no storage. Clear your answers whenever.

Subscription ($29/year): zero-knowledge encrypted storage. We store the ciphertext; only you hold the key. Edit and update as life changes.

Ready to create your trust?

Whatever you decide today, your family won’t have to guess. Start free, or save it to your account for $29 a year.

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