Quick Deed a House
You can use a quit claim deed (also known as a "quick deed," based on the expectation that it can be rapidly accomplished) if you want to release, change or transfer your entire claim and title on a house to another person without having to legally warrant anything about it. This type of deed makes it relatively easy to change who is listed on the property title, as in the cases of parents adding children to the house title, or divorcing couples who are removing a person from the house title. Quick claim deeds do not relieve the property owner or owners of any debts, taxes or liens on the house, and regulations regarding quick claims vary from state to state. Once you sign and file a quick claim deed, you no longer own the house.
Instructions
1. Contact your county clerk's office and request a quit claim deed form that is valid in your state.
2. Fill in the form, and leave room for all parties involved to date and sign it. This includes names of every grantor, the dollar amount you are being paid, the names of every grantee, a precise legal description of the house and property, a list of anything to which the deed transfer is subject (liens, taxes, debts, covenants and so on), the name of the person to whom future tax bills should be sent and where the form should be returned after it is recorded.
3. Assemble all grantors and grantees, as many witnesses as your state requires, and have each person date and sign the quick claim deed form with a notary public as witness to the signing. The notary public will affix his or her signature and seal on the form to make it legal in the state.
4. Record the quick claim deed. This means you must pay the filing fee in the clerk's office of the county where the house is located and file an excise tax affidavit before the deed is considered delivered.
