---
title: "List the death papers before any title application is prepared"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-conveyancing-and-property/prepare-the-transmission-application-evidence-list-where-the-registered/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A9-OB20261022-4-US"
practice_area: "Residential Conveyancing & Property"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List the death papers before any title application is prepared

> List any death record, will, or grant in the file, each with its date and the name it uses. Do not say who may deal with the land and do not prepare an application.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-conveyancing-and-property/prepare-the-transmission-application-evidence-list-where-the-registered/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Residential Conveyancing & Property](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-conveyancing-and-property.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List any death record, will, or grant in the file, each with its date and the name it uses. Do not say who may deal with the land and do not prepare an application. |
| What the lawyer must review | You prepare any application after you open the probate and recording law of the state where the land is. No transmission or succession statute was opened. Rule 11(b)(3) applies if you later allege that a person is entitled to deal with the land. Model Rule 1.1, including Comment 8, is the competence duty while you find that law. The list does not treat a will as proved. A document that is not in the file is not described. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the transmission-application evidence list where the registered proprietor has died](https://ailawframework.com/practice/residential-conveyancing-and-property/prepare-the-transmission-application-evidence-list-where-the-registered.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List any death record, will, or grant in the file, each with its date and the name it uses. Do not say who may deal with the land and do not prepare an application.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not describe the will as admitted. The file either contains a grant or it does not.
- The state of the land, not the state of death alone, is the recording question.

## Sources

- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_11) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/comment_on_rule_1_1/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*