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description: "Idaho has no located general real-property TOD deed statute, while trust and survivorship choices can still affect eligibility and recovery."
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Idaho · Asset Protection Tool

# Idaho Home Transfer Planning

Last updated 2026-10-20

**Quick answer:** Idaho has no general transfer-on-death deed for real estate and no Lady Bird (enhanced life estate) deed. Idaho's transfer-on-death law covers securities only.

One thing Idaho notably lacks is a general transfer-on-death deed statute for real estate. No research turned up an Idaho law authorizing a standard TOD deed, and there's likewise no enhanced life-estate deed — sometimes called a "Lady Bird" deed — on the books. What Idaho does have is a Uniform TOD Security Registration Act, but that only covers securities registered in beneficiary form; it says nothing about transferring land at death.

Idaho's broader nonprobate-transfer statute, Idaho Code § 15-6-201, does recognize certain contractual or trust arrangements that pass property at death, and it makes clear that creditor rights aren't cut off by using them. It also allows a written, deed-form agreement to pass real property at death to a surviving spouse — but that's a narrow spousal provision, not a general-purpose beneficiary deed available to any unrelated person a family might want to name.

## Sources and official resources

- [Idaho Department of Health and Welfare: Nursing Home Coverage](https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/services-programs/assisted-care-and-facilities/nursing-home-coverage)
- [U.S. Code: 42 U.S.C. § 1396p (liens, estate recovery, transfers of assets, Partnership disregard)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1396p)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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