forms convey ownership rights to someone with co-ownership of property. Popular non-legal terms for quitclaim include quit deed or quick claim deed. One typical use of a quitclaim deed involves divorce. Here one spouse transfers property rights to the other as part of a settlement. However used, the deed grants ownership only. Any outstanding loan obligations rest with the owner. Get your free quitclaim deed form online.
A quitclaim deed will remove someone from or add someone to the title to your home or other property. A common occurrence of this would be two people who are married to each other and one spouse gives up any interest in the property in question that the other spouse owns.
·Step 1
Visit your public library’s business reference section. It likely will offer books explaining quitclaim deeds in your state.
· Step 2
Consider buying a book that explains quitclaim deeds and other legal documents and that contains blank forms. If the book contains a sample quitclaim deed, review it, making sure you can get the information that appears in the sample.
· Step 3
Obtain the required information, such as a legal description of the property.
· Step 4
Buy a blank quitclaim deed form at an office-supply store or bookstore.
· Step 5
Fill out the blank form. Make sure your writing is legible. Avoid spelling errors and factual errors. Erroneous data can invalidate a deed.
· Step 6
Add someone to the title by listing the person as a grantee. Remember to list the names of all current owners as grantees as well, unless you are planning to remove them from the title.
· Step 7
Remove someone from the title by omitting the person’s name from the list of grantees.
· Step 8
List all current owners of the property as grantors.
· Step 9
Arrange to meet the grantors at the office of a notary public, where you will obtain the signatures of the grantors. The notary public must witness the signing.
· Step 10
Have the document notarized and make photocopies for your files.
· Step 11
Go to your county’s clerk and recorder’s office and record the deed. There will be a small charge for recording the quitclaim deed.
Quick Claim Deed
THE GRANTOR_____________________
of_____________________
City of____________________________
County of ________________________
State of___________________________
for the consideration of________________
_________________________________
CONVEY__________and Quick CLAIM______
to______________________
of______________________
City of________________
County of________________
State of_________________
all interest in the following described real estate in the County of_______
______, in the State of_____________________, to wit:
Dated this____ day of_______,20___
Grantor’s Signature_____________________
Type or Print Name____________________
Recipient Signature_____________________
Type or Print Name____________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
STATE OF__________________________
COUNTY OF________________________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The said first party has signed and sealed these presents the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of:
Signature of Witness________________________________
Signature of First Party, Grantor _______________________
Print name of Witness_______________________________
Print name of First Party_____________________________
Signature of Witness________________________________
Signature of First Party, Grantor _______________________
Print name of Witness _______________________________
Print name of First Party_____________________________
STATE OF _________
COUNTY OF _________________
On ________________________
before me, ________________________________
Appeared ___________________________
personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the
person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their
signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s)
acted, executed the instrument.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
_________________________
Signature of Notary Affiant _____Known_____Produced ID
Type of ID _______________________
(Seal)
Signature of Preparer_______________________________
Print Name of Preparer______________________________
Address of Preparer________________________________
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