Q: I'm the personal representative in my mother's estate how do I have the deed to the house change the my name
The house is worth less than $22,000 and I closed all the estate yesterday
A:
Assuming you were in informal probate, assuming you have letters of authority that are unrestricted as to your powers, and assuming you're the heir/devisee who is entitled to inherit the house, then you could sign a personal representative's deed conveying the house from the estate to yourself. The deed would need to be recorded at the register of deeds, and a property transfer affidavit sent to the local assessor. If a principal residence exemption was in place for your mother, it should now be rescinded. If you will live in the home as your principal residence, you would file a new principal residence exemption affidavit claiming the exemption for yourself.
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