524.6-201 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Account. “Account” means a contract of deposit of funds between a depositor and a financial institution, and includes a checking account, savings account, certificate of deposit, share account and other […]
524.6-202 OWNERSHIP AS BETWEEN PARTIES, AND OTHERS; PROTECTION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. The provisions of sections 524.6-203 to 524.6-205 concerning beneficial ownership as between parties, or as between parties and P.O.D. payees or beneficiaries of multiple-party accounts, are relevant only to controversies between these persons and their creditors and other successors, and have no bearing on […]
524.6-203 OWNERSHIP DURING LIFETIME. (a) A joint account belongs, during the lifetime of all parties, to the parties in proportion to the net contributions by each to the sums on deposit, unless there is clear and convincing evidence of a different intent. (b) A P.O.D. account belongs to the original purchasing or depositing party during […]
524.6-204 RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP. (a) Sums remaining on deposit at the death of a party to a joint account belong to the surviving party or parties as against the estate of the decedent unless: (1) there is clear and convincing evidence of a different intention; or (2) there is a different disposition made by a […]
524.6-205 EFFECT OF A WRITTEN NOTICE TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. The provisions of section 524.6-204 as to rights of survivorship are determined by the form of the account at the death of a party. This form may be altered by written order given by a party to the financial institution to change the form of the […]
524.6-206 ACCOUNTS AND TRANSFERS NONTESTAMENTARY. Any transfers resulting from the application of section 524.6-204 are effective by reason of the account contracts involved and this statute, and are not to be considered as subject to probate except as to the transfers expressly changed by will, as provided for by section 524.6-204, clause (d). History: 1973 […]
524.6-207 RIGHTS OF CREDITORS. No multiple-party account will be effective against an estate of a deceased party to transfer to a survivor sums needed to pay debts, taxes, and expenses of administration, including statutory allowances to the surviving spouse, minor children and dependent children or against the state or a county agency with a claim […]
524.6-208 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROTECTION; PAYMENT ON SIGNATURE OF ONE PARTY. Financial institutions may enter into multiple-party accounts to the same extent that they may enter into single-party accounts. Any multiple-party account may be paid, on request, to any one or more of the parties. A financial institution shall not be required to inquire as to […]
524.6-209 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROTECTION; PAYMENT AFTER DEATH OR DISABILITY; JOINT ACCOUNT. Any sums in a joint account may be paid, on request, to any party without regard to whether any other party is incapacitated or deceased at the time the payment is demanded; but payment may not be made to the personal representative or heirs […]
524.6-210 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROTECTION; PAYMENT OF P.O.D. ACCOUNT. Any P.O.D. account may be paid, on request, to any original party to the account. Payment of the interest of a P.O.D. payee may be made, on request, to the P.O.D. payee or to the personal representative or heirs of a deceased P.O.D. payee upon presentation to […]
524.6-211 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROTECTION; DISCHARGE. Payment made pursuant to sections 524.6-208 to 524.6-210 discharges the financial institution from all claims for amounts so paid whether or not the payment is consistent with the beneficial ownership of the account as between parties, P.O.D. payees, or beneficiaries by will or otherwise, or their successors. The protection here […]
524.6-212 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROTECTION; SETOFF. Without qualifying any other statutory right to setoff or lien and subject to any contractual provision, if a party to a multiple-party account is indebted to a financial institution, the financial institution has a right to setoff against the account in which the party has or had immediately before death […]
524.6-213 FORMS. Subdivision 1. Survivorship account. Deposits made using a form of account containing the following language signed by the depositor shall be conclusive evidence of the intent of the depositor, in the absence of fraud or misrepresentation, subject, nevertheless, to other disposition made by will as provided in section 524.6-204, clause (d), to establish […]
524.6-214 CITATION. Sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214 may be cited as the “Minnesota Multiparty Accounts Act.” History: 1973 c 619 s 1; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 472 s 63
524.6-215 DESIGNATION OF AGENT. (a) By a writing signed by all parties, or by less than all of the parties if the contract of deposit expressly so provides, the parties may designate, as an agent of all parties on an account, a person other than a party. (b) Unless the terms of an agency designation […]
524.6-216 TYPES OF ACCOUNT; EXISTING ACCOUNTS. (a) An account may be for a single party or multiple parties. A multiple-party account may be with or without a right of survivorship between the parties. Subject to section 524.6-204, either a single-party account or a multiple-party account may have a P.O.D. designation, an agency designation, or both. […]
