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title: "Nebraska Transfer-on-Death Deed | Funding LTC Marketplace"
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description: "Nebraska allows a recorded transfer-on-death deed, but the beneficiary may owe Medicaid reimbursement, and the deed may need to be revoked."
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Nebraska · Asset Protection Tool

# Nebraska Transfer-on-Death Deed

Last updated 2026-10-20

Nebraska has adopted its own version of the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act, giving residents a statutory tool to pass real estate directly to a named beneficiary effective at death. Under the Act's definitions, a TOD deed is exactly that — a deed authorized specifically under this law, letting an individual transfer Nebraska real property to one or more beneficiaries without going through probate.

But the law doesn't stop at convenience — it builds in a warning. The statute states the deed is revocable during the owner's lifetime and nontestamentary in nature, which makes it a legitimate succession-planning tool, but it explicitly does not function as a lifetime gift or a blanket fix for financial-eligibility rules, transfer penalties, creditor claims, tax consequences, or Medicaid recovery. Anyone considering a TOD deed for Medicaid-planning reasons in Nebraska needs to read past the convenience and into those caveats.

## Sources and official resources

- [Nebraska DHHS: Medicaid and Long-Term Care](https://dhhs.ne.gov/pages/medicaid-and-long-term-care.aspx)
- [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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