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UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-21181

Name of Fund: BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (BKK)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: John M. Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock
Municipal 2020 Term Trust, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 04/30/2011

Date of reporting period: 01/31/2011

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments



 BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (BKK)
Schedule of Investments January 31, 2011 (Unaudited)
 
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  Par   
Municipal  Bonds                                         (000)               Value
Alabama — 0.4%     
Courtland IDB Alabama, Refunding RB,     
International Paper Co. Projects,     
Series A, 4.75%,  5/01/17                         $ 1,165        $ 1,131,250
Arizona — 3.8%     
Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., RB,     
Junior Lien, Series A:     
5.00%, 7/01/20  1,300  1,353,456 
5.00%, 7/01/21  5,585  6,063,746 
Pima County IDA, Refunding RB, Tucson     
Electric Power Co., San Juan, Series A,     
4.95%, 10/01/20  1,015  973,497 
Salt Verde Financial Corp., RB, Senior:     
5.00%, 12/01/18  1,500  1,527,135 
5.25%, 12/01/20  1,000  1,000,000 
 10,917,834
California — 20.9%     
California Health Facilities Financing     
Authority, Refunding RB, Sutter     
Health, Series B, 5.00%, 8/15/22 (a)  815  806,402 
California State Department of Water     
Resources, Refunding RB, Series L,     
5.00%, 5/01/20  10,000  10,982,800 
California Statewide Communities     
Development Authority, RB, John Muir     
Health, Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/22  5,000  4,921,600 
Foothill Eastern Transportation Corridor     
Agency California, Refunding RB,     
CAB (b):     
5.95%, 1/15/21  12,500  5,880,375 
5.87%, 1/15/22  10,000  4,338,200 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization     
Corp. California, RB (c):     
ARS, Asset-Backed, Series A-3,     
7.88%, 6/01/13  975  1,124,653 
ARS, Asset-Backed, Series A-5,     
7.88%, 6/01/13  1,470  1,695,630 
Series 2003-A-1, 6.63%, 6/01/13  3,000  3,366,870 
Series 2003-A-1, 6.75%, 6/01/13  12,010  13,513,051 
Los Angeles Unified School District     
California, GO, Series I, 5.00%,     
7/01/20  3,750  3,977,100 

 

            Par   
 Municipal Bonds                                                    (000)                   Value
California (concluded)       
Riverside County Asset Leasing Corp.       
California, RB, Riverside County       
Hospital Project (NPFGC),       
5.75%, 6/01/25 (b)  $ 6,865 $ 2,423,482 
State of California, GO, Various Purpose,     
5.00%, 11/01/22    7,050  7,083,629 
 60,113,792
Colorado — 1.7%       
E-470 Public Highway Authority       
Colorado, RB, CAB, Senior Series B       
(NPFGC), 5.53%, 9/01/22 (b)    4,500  2,060,865 
Park Creek Metropolitan District       
Colorado, Refunding RB, Senior,       
Limited Tax, Property Tax,       
5.25%, 12/01/25    3,000  2,755,890 
 4,816,755
District of Columbia — 5.1%       
District of Columbia, Refunding RB,       
Friendship Public Charter School Inc.     
(ACA):       
5.75%, 6/01/18    2,680  2,646,714 
5.00%, 6/01/23    3,320  2,836,044 
District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement     
Financing Corp., Refunding RB,       
Asset-Backed, 6.50%, 5/15/33    4,215  4,047,075 
Metropolitan Washington Airports       
Authority, Refunding RB, Series C-2,     
AMT (AGM), 5.00%, 10/01/24    5,000  5,009,600 
14,539,433
Florida — 8.1%       
Bellalago Educational Facilities Benefit     
District, Special Assessment Bonds,     
Series A, 5.85%, 5/01/22    3,895  3,502,034 
Broward County School Board Florida,     
COP, Series A (AGM), 5.25%, 7/01/22  1,250  1,285,488 
City of Jacksonville Florida, RB, Better       
Jacksonville, 5.00%, 10/01/22    5,160  5,442,768 
Habitat Community Development       
District, Special Assessment Bonds,     
5.80%, 5/01/25    1,995  1,799,350 
Miami Beach Health Facilities Authority,     
RB, Mount Sinai Medical Center of       
Florida, 6.75%, 11/15/21    2,325  2,317,653 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated
according to the following list:

ACA  ACA Financial Guaranty Corp.  FGIC  Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. 
AGC  Assured Guaranty Corp.  GO  General Obligation Bonds 
AGM  Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.  IDA  Industrial Development Authority 
AMBAC  American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.  IDB  Industrial Development Board 
AMT  Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)  ISD  Independent School District 
ARS  Auction Rate Securities  MRB  Mortgage Revenue Bonds 
CAB  Capital Appreciation Bonds  NPFGC  National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. 
COP  Certificates of Participation  PSF-GTD  Permanent School Fund Guaranteed 
EDA  Economic Development Authority  RB  Revenue Bonds 
EDC  Economic Development Corp.  TE  Tax-Exempt 

 

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL 2020 TERM TRUST JANUARY 31, 2011 1



BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (BKK)
Schedule of Investments (continued)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
 Municipal Bonds                                               (000)                Value
Florida (concluded)       
Middle Village Community Development     
District, Special Assessment Bonds,     
Series A, 5.80%, 5/01/22  $ 3,745 $ 3,456,148 
Pine Island Community Development       
District, RB, 5.30%, 11/01/10 (d)(e)  250  199,800 
Stevens Plantation Community       
Development District, Special       
Assessment Bonds, Series B,       
6.38%, 5/01/13    3,530  3,078,442 
Village Community Development District     
No. 5 Florida, Special Assessment       
Bonds, Series A, 6.00%, 5/01/22    2,220  2,161,414 
23,243,097
Georgia — 0.8%       
Richmond County Development       
Authority, RB, Environment, Series A,     
 AMT, 5.75%, 11/01/27                                          2,350     2,186,158
Illinois — 16.2%       
City of Chicago Illinois, RB, General       
Airport, Third Lien, Series A (AMBAC):     
5.00%, 1/01/21    5,000  5,051,850 
5.00%, 1/01/22    7,000  7,026,950 
Illinois Finance Authority, RB:       
Depaul University, Series C, 5.25%,     
10/01/24    5,000  5,006,200 
MJH Education Assistance IV LLC,     
Sub-Series A, 5.50%,       
6/01/19 (d)(e)    3,250  1,782,658 
MJH Education Assistance IV LLC,     
Sub-Series B, 5.00%,       
6/01/24 (d)(e)    1,075  288,648 
Northwestern University, 5.00%,       
12/01/21    4,800  5,099,808 
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, RB,     
Senior Priority, Series A (AGM), 5.00%,     
1/01/19    2,250  2,330,977 
Lake Cook-Dane & McHenry Counties       
Community Unit School District 220     
Illinois, GO, Refunding (AGM), 5.25%,     
12/01/20    1,000  1,142,880 
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority     
Illinois, Refunding RB, CAB,       
McCormick, Series A (NPFGC), 5.43%,     
6/15/22 (b)    13,455  7,099,127 
Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement       
Authority, RB, 5.25%, 6/01/20    10,000  9,600,100 
State of Illinois, RB, Build Illinois,       
Series B, 5.00%, 6/15/20    2,000  2,043,520 
 46,472,718
Indiana — 4.9%       
City of Vincennes Indiana, Refunding       
RB, Southwest Indiana Regional Youth     
Village, 6.25%, 1/01/24    4,220  3,562,608 
Indianapolis Airport Authority, Refunding     
RB, Special Facilities, FedEx Corp.       
Project, AMT, 5.10%, 1/15/17    10,000  10,432,200 
 13,994,808

 

              Par   
 Municipal Bonds                                                              (000)                    Value
Kansas — 2.2%       
Kansas Development Finance Authority,     
Refunding RB, Adventist Health,       
5.25%, 11/15/20  $ 2,500 $ 2,725,625 
Wyandotte County-Kansas City Unified     
Government, RB, Kansas International     
Speedway (NPFGC), 5.20%,       
12/01/20 (b)    6,440  3,707,637 
6,433,262
Kentucky — 0.7%       
Kentucky Housing Corp., RB, Series C,     
 AMT, 4.63%, 7/01/22                                                                 2,000           1,959,120
Louisiana — 0.7%       
Parish of DeSoto Louisiana, RB,       
Series A, AMT,  5.85%,  11/01/27                                                     2,000      1,934,140
Maryland — 3.1%       
Maryland EDC, RB, Transportation       
Facilities Project, Series A,       
5.13%, 6/01/20    1,250  1,230,350 
Maryland Health & Higher Educational     
Facilities Authority, Refunding RB:       
Charlestown Community, 5.50%,       
1/01/21    1,335  1,327,885 
MedStar Health, 5.38%, 8/15/24  5,500  5,537,675 
University of Maryland Medical       
System, 5.00%, 7/01/19    670  704,250 
8,800,160
Massachusetts — 1.7%       
Massachusetts Development Finance       
Agency, RB, Waste Management Inc.     
Project, AMT, 5.45%, 6/01/14    4,500  4,672,305 
Massachusetts State Water Pollution       
Abatement, Refunding RB, MWRA       
Program, Sub-Series A, 6.00%,       
8/01/23    140  140,490 
4,812,795
Michigan — 2.2%       
Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority,     
Refunding RB, Bronson Methodist       
Hospital, 5.00%, 5/15/20    1,790  1,824,511 
Michigan State Hospital Finance       
Authority, Refunding RB, Hospital,       
Sparrow Obligated, 4.50%, 11/15/26  1,500  1,298,730 
State of Michigan, Refunding RB:       
5.00%, 11/01/20    1,000  1,075,450 
5.00%, 11/01/21    2,000  2,124,300 
6,322,991
Minnesota — 0.4%       
Minnesota Higher Education Facilities     
Authority, RB, University of St.       
Thomas, Series 5-Y, 5.00%,       
10/01/24                                                                                      1,250        1,265,150
Mississippi — 1.0%       
County of Warren Mississippi, RB,       
Series  A,  AMT, 5.85%, 11/01/27                                                   3,000      2,852,280
Missouri — 3.7%       
Missouri Development Finance Board,     
RB, Branson Landing Project,       
Series A, 5.50%, 12/01/24    5,000  5,067,850 

 

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BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (BKK)
Schedule of Investments (continued)
 
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Municipal Bonds                                                         (000)                  Value
Missouri (concluded)       
Missouri State Health & Educational       
Facilities Authority, Refunding RB, BJC     
Health System, Series A, 5.00%,       
5/15/20  $ 5,500  $ 5,666,375 
 10,734,225
Multi-State — 7.6%       
Centerline Equity Issuer Trust (f)(g):       
5.75%, 5/15/15    1,000  1,049,370 
6.00%, 5/15/15    2,500  2,595,950 
6.00%, 5/15/15    4,000  4,184,640 
6.30%, 5/15/19    2,500  2,606,575 
MuniMae TE Bond Subsidiary       
LLC (f)(g)(h):       
5.40%    5,000  3,349,850 
5.80%    5,000  3,349,850 
Series D, 5.90%    2,000  1,099,940 
San Manuel Entertainment Authority,       
Series 04-C, 4.50%, 12/01/16 (f)    4,000  3,568,320 
21,804,495
Nevada — 2.1%       
City of Henderson Nevada, Special       
Assessment Bonds, District No. T-18,     
5.15%, 9/01/21    1,760  960,502 
County of Clark Nevada, Refunding RB,     
Alexander Dawson School Nevada       
Project, 5.00%, 5/15/20    5,000  5,083,200 
6,043,702
New Hampshire — 4.8%       
New Hampshire Business Finance       
Authority, Refunding RB, Public       
Service Co. of New Hampshire Project,     
Series B, AMT (NPFGC), 4.75%,       
5/01/21    10,000  9,348,200 
New Hampshire Health & Education       
Facilities Authority, Refunding RB,       
Elliot Hospital, Series B, 5.60%,       
10/01/22    4,500  4,495,545 
13,843,745
New Jersey — 12.2%       
Middlesex County Improvement       
Authority, RB, Street Student Housing     
Project, Series A, 5.00%, 8/15/23    1,000  988,060 
New Jersey EDA, RB:       
Cigarette Tax, 5.50%, 6/15/24    10,000  9,190,100 
Continental Airlines Inc. Project,       
AMT, 7.00%, 11/15/30 (i)    5,000  4,894,600 
Continental Airlines Inc. Project,       
AMT, 9.00%, 6/01/33 (i)    1,500  1,563,615 
Kapkowski Road Landfill Project,       
Series 1998B, AMT, 6.50%,       
4/01/31    7,500  7,090,950 
New Jersey EDA, Refunding RB, First       
Mortgage, Winchester, Series A,       
4.80%, 11/01/13    765  784,416 
New Jersey Educational Facilities       
Authority, Refunding RB, University of     
Medicine & Dentistry, Series B,       
6.25%, 12/01/18    2,500  2,742,900 

 

           Par   
Municipal Bonds                                              (000)                Value
New Jersey (concluded)       
New Jersey Health Care Facilities       
Financing Authority, Refunding RB:       
AtlantiCare Regional Medical       
Center, 5.00%, 7/01/20  $ 2,110 $ 2,168,152 
Capital Health System Obligation       
Group, Series A, 5.75%,       
7/01/13 (c)    4,000  4,417,040 
Newark Housing Authority, RB, South       
Ward Police Facility (AGC), 5.00%,       
12/01/21    1,250  1,282,862 
35,122,695
New York — 9.1%       
New York City Industrial Development       
Agency, RB, American Airlines Inc.,       
JFK International Airport, AMT (i):       
7.63%, 8/01/25    5,635  5,832,112 
7.75%, 8/01/31    5,000  5,203,050 
New York State Energy Research &       
Development Authority, Refunding RB,     
Brooklyn Union Gas/Keyspan,       
Series A, AMT (FGIC), 4.70%, 2/01/24  8,500  8,186,010 
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey,     
RB, JFK International Air Terminal,       
5.00%, 12/01/20    1,525  1,473,623 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.       
New York, RB, Asset-Backed,       
Series B-1C, 5.50%, 6/01/20    5,000  5,372,550 
 26,067,345
North Carolina — 2.4%       
North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power     
Agency, Refunding RB, Series B,       
5.00%, 1/01/21    1,550  1,581,403 
North Carolina Municipal Power Agency     
No. 1, Refunding RB, Series B,       
5.00%, 1/01/20    5,000  5,442,150 
7,023,553
Ohio — 6.9%       
American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc., RB,     
Prairie State Energy Campus Project,     
Series A, 5.25%, 2/15/23    5,000  5,143,450 
County of Cuyahoga Ohio, Refunding RB,     
Series A:       
6.00%, 1/01/19    3,000  3,235,890 
6.00%, 1/01/20    10,000  10,786,300 
Pinnacle Community Infrastructure       
Financing Authority, RB, Facilities,       
Series A, 6.00%, 12/01/22    916  769,971 
19,935,611
Oklahoma — 1.2%       
Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, RB,     
Series A, Mandatory Put Bonds, AMT,     
7.75%, 6/01/35 (i)                                                3,350       3,389,095
Pennsylvania — 6.0%       
Lancaster County Hospital Authority, RB,     
General Hospital Project, 5.75%,       
9/15/13 (c)    7,500  8,373,450 
Montgomery County IDA Pennsylvania,     
MRB, Whitemarsh Continuing Care,       
6.00%, 2/01/21    1,275  1,167,250 

 

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BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (BKK)
Schedule of Investments (continued)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

    Par   
Municipal Bonds                                                    (000)                    Value
Pennsylvania (concluded)       
Pennsylvania Higher Educational       
Facilities Authority, RB, LaSalle       
University, 5.50%, 5/01/26  $ 6,680  $ 6,652,077 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB,     
Sub-Series A (AGC), 5.00%, 6/01/22  1,000  1,041,070 
 17,233,847
Puerto Rico — 4.6%       
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO,       
Public Improvement, Series B,       
5.25%, 7/01/17    3,300  3,362,073 
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB,     
Series NN, 5.13%, 7/01/13 (c)    9,000  9,934,290 
13,296,363
South Carolina — 0.7%       
South Carolina State Ports Authority, RB,     
5.00%,  7/01/20                                                            2,000      2,090,060
Texas — 9.9%       
Central Texas Regional Mobility       
Authority, RB, Senior Lien:       
5.75%, 1/01/19    800  834,544 
5.75%, 1/01/20    1,140  1,167,884 
City of Dallas Texas, Refunding RB       
(AGC), 5.00%, 8/15/21    2,500  2,544,100 
North Texas Tollway Authority, RB,       
Series C:       
5.25%, 1/01/20    1,000  1,052,170 
5.38%, 1/01/21    5,000  5,240,950 
Port Corpus Christi Industrial       
Development Corp. Texas, Refunding     
RB, Valero, Series C, 5.40%, 4/01/18  3,255  3,074,543 
Texas State Turnpike Authority, RB, CAB,     
First Tier, Series A (AMBAC) (b):       
5.39%, 8/15/21    7,990  4,284,318 
5.54%, 8/15/24    8,450  3,499,230 
Weatherford ISD, GO, Refunding, CAB     
(PSF-GTD) (b)(c):       
5.75%, 2/15/11    4,040  2,029,171 
5.75%, 2/15/11    2,905  1,459,094 
5.77%, 2/15/11    2,905  1,377,754 
5.78%, 2/15/11    4,040  1,916,051 
28,479,809
U.S. Virgin Islands — 0.4%       
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority,     
RB, Senior Lien, Matching Fund Loan     
Note, Series  A, 5.25%, 10/01/17                                    1,000         1,035,450
Virginia — 8.1%       
Celebrate North Community       
Development Authority, Special       
Assessment Bonds, Celebrate Virginia     
North Project, Series B,       
6.60%, 3/01/25    4,888  3,644,542 
Charles City County EDA, RB, Waste       
Management Inc. Project, Mandatory     
Put Bonds, AMT, 5.13%, 8/01/27 (i)  10,000  10,396,300 
Mecklenburg County IDA Virginia,       
Refunding RB, Exempt Facility, UAE LP     
Project, AMT, 6.50%, 10/15/17    7,500  7,399,200 

 

           Par   
Municipal Bonds                                                   (000)                  Value
Virginia (concluded)       
Russell County IDA, Refunding RB,       
Appalachian Power, Series K,       
4.63%, 11/01/21  $ 2,000 $ 1,952,680 
23,392,722
Wisconsin — 3.1%       
State of Wisconsin, Refunding RB,       
Series A, 5.25%, 5/01/20    1,000  1,107,550 
Wisconsin Health & Educational       
Facilities Authority, Refunding RB:       
Froedtert & Community Health Inc.,     
5.00%, 4/01/20    1,515  1,581,993 
Wheaton Franciscan Services,       
Series A, 5.50%, 8/15/17    2,880  2,912,774 
Wheaton Franciscan Services,       
Series A, 5.50%, 8/15/18    3,190  3,210,896 
8,813,213
Total Municipal Bonds – 156.7%      450,101,673 
Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender     
Option Bond Trusts  (j)
Illinois — 1.8%       
City of Chicago Illinois, Refunding RB,     
Second  Lien (AGM), 5.00%, 11/01/20                       5,000            5,292,800
Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to     
Tender Option  Bond Trusts – 1.8%                                                    5,292,800
Total Long-Term Investments       
(Cost – $467,058,519) – 158.5%      455,394,473 
 Short-Term Securities                                                  Shares
FFI Institutional Tax-Exempt Fund,       
0.16%  (k)(l)                                                               6,754,002       6,754,002
Total Short-Term Securities       
 (Cost – $6,754,002)  –  2.4%                                                             6,754,002
Total Investments       
(Cost – $473,812,521*) – 160.9%      462,148,475 
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.0%      2,744,809 
Liability for Trust Certificates, Including Interest   
Expense and Fees Payable – (1.3)%      (3,753,119) 
Preferred Shares, at Redemption Value – (60.6)%  (173,858,778) 
Net Assets  – 100.0%                                                                   $287,281,387 _
* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of 
January 31, 2011, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as 
follows:       
Aggregate cost    $ 469,638,680 
Gross unrealized appreciation    $ 10,193,093 
Gross unrealized depreciation      (21,433,298) 
Net unrealized depreciation    $ (11,240,205) 

 

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BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust (BKK)
Schedule of Investments (concluded)

(a) When-issued security. Unsettled when-issued transactions were as
follows:

    Unrealized 
Counterparty  Value  Depreciation 
Morgan Stanley  $ 806,402 $ (155) 


(b) Represents a zero-coupon bond. Rate shown reflects the current yield as

of report date.
(c) US government securities, held in escrow, are used to pay interest on this
security as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, typically
at a premium to par.
(d) Issuer filed for bankruptcy and/or is in default of interest payments.
(e) Non-income producing security.
(f) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act
of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from
registration to qualified institutional investors.
(g) Security represents a beneficial interest in a trust. The collateral
deposited into the trust is federally tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by
various state or local governments, or their respective agencies or
authorities. The security is subject to remarketing prior to its stated
maturity.
(h) Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(i) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.
(j) Securities represent bonds transferred to a tender option bond trust in
exchange for which the Trust acquired residual interest certificates.
These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction.
(k) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Trust
during the period, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Shares at    Shares at 
April 30,  Net  January 31, 
Affiliate                              2010             Activity           2011 Income
FFI Institutional     
Tax-Exempt     
Fund                             1,901,695       4,852,307    6,754,002 $ 8,508


(l) Represents the current yield as of report date.

• Fair Value Measurements - Various inputs are used in determining the fair
value of investments, which are as follows:

• Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical
assets and liabilities

• Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted
prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted
prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not
active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the
assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities,
prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or
other market-corroborated inputs)

• Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available
in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available
(including the Trust's own assumptions used in determining the fair
value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily
an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For
information about the Trust's policy regarding valuation of investments and
other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Trust’s most recent
financial statements as contained in its semi-annual report.

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of January 31, 2011 in
determining the fair valuation of the Trust's investments:

Valuation Inputs  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total 
Assets:         
Investments in Securities:       
Long-Term         
Investments1    $455,394,473  $ 455,394,473 
Short-Term         
Securities  $ 6,754,002      6,754,002 
Total  $ 6,754,002  $455,394,473  $ 462,148,475 
1See above Schedule of Investments for values in each state or political 
subdivision.         

 

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Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

2(a) – The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing
similar functions have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
31940 Act3)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the
evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act
and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2(b) – There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter
that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications – Attached hereto

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust

By: /S/ John M. Perlowski
John M. Perlowski
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust

Date: March 25, 2011

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /S/ John M. Perlowski
John M. Perlowski
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust

Date: March 25, 2011

By: /S/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
BlackRock Municipal 2020 Term Trust

Date: March 25, 2011