You live in North Carolina and have property in Maryland Would you need to have a lawyer in Maryland to handle your will or trust?

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I don't know specifically about NC or MD, but you shouldn't need an MD lawyer. However, if you have real property in MD, you might need an MD attorney to handle retitling the real property by conveying it to your trust or to your heirs after your death. ==Clarification== States have statutory provisions for the allowance of a foreign will when the decedent died in one state owning property in another. An executor must be appointed in the state where the land is located in order to transfer the title to the property. If the real property has been transferred to a trust the provisions of the trust MUST meet the requirements for a valid trust in the state where the land is located. If the trust isn't valid in the state where the land is located, title remains in the trustor and the estate of the trustor must be probated in order to transfer title. If the trust is valid the trustee can transfer the property even if it is in another state. You should seek the advice of an attorney to help with your estate planning.