Quitclaim Deed in Hawaii

A quitclaim deed transfers whatever interest you have in real estate, with no promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, paper size, preparer and return-address blocks, transfer-tax forms) — recorders reject deeds that miss them.

What Hawaii law says

Signing and recording a deed	To be recorded, a deed must carry a certificate of acknowledgment (typically before a notary public) in the statutory form. Deeds are recorded with the State Bureau of Conveyances, or for Land Court (registered) property filed with the Land Court assistant registrar. A state conveyance tax applies, based on the consideration or value, at graduated rates starting at 10 cents per $100 for property under $600,000 (higher rates apply to some sales of condominiums or single-family homes where the buyer is not eligible for a county homeowner's exemption). Witness requirements for deeds were not confirmed. Conveyance tax rates are listed in § 247-2: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0247/HRS_0247-0002.htm Source: Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 502-41, 247-2
Transfer-on-death deed	Yes. Hawaii's Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act allows a transfer on death deed. The owner must have the same capacity as needed to make a will; the deed must have the formalities of a recordable deed, state that the transfer occurs at the owner's death, and be recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances (or filed with the Land Court assistant registrar, for Land Court property) before the owner's death. Notice to, delivery to, or acceptance by the beneficiary is not required, and the deed can be revoked by a later recorded instrument (not by tearing it up). Source: Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 527 (§§ 527-8, 527-9, 527-10, 527-11)

Signing and recording a deed

To be recorded, a deed must carry a certificate of acknowledgment (typically before a notary public) in the statutory form. Deeds are recorded with the State Bureau of Conveyances, or for Land Court (registered) property filed with the Land Court assistant registrar. A state conveyance tax applies, based on the consideration or value, at graduated rates starting at 10 cents per $100 for property under $600,000 (higher rates apply to some sales of condominiums or single-family homes where the buyer is not eligible for a county homeowner's exemption).

Witness requirements for deeds were not confirmed. Conveyance tax rates are listed in § 247-2: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol04_Ch0201-0257/HRS0247/HRS_0247-0002.htm

Source: Haw. Rev. Stat. §§ 502-41, 247-2

Transfer-on-death deed

Yes. Hawaii's Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act allows a transfer on death deed. The owner must have the same capacity as needed to make a will; the deed must have the formalities of a recordable deed, state that the transfer occurs at the owner's death, and be recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances (or filed with the Land Court assistant registrar, for Land Court property) before the owner's death. Notice to, delivery to, or acceptance by the beneficiary is not required, and the deed can be revoked by a later recorded instrument (not by tearing it up).

Source: Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 527 (§§ 527-8, 527-9, 527-10, 527-11)

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Recording requested by and return to: [name and mailing address]

QUITCLAIM DEED

For [consideration, e.g. $10 or 'no consideration — gift'], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), quitclaims to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title, e.g. as joint tenants with right of survivorship], all of Grantor's interest in the following real property in [county] County, [state]:

Legal description: [full legal description copied from the current deed]

Commonly known as: [street address] Parcel / tax ID: [parcel number]

Signed on [date signed]. Grantor signature(s): ____________________

[Acknowledgment before a notary public, in the form your state requires, and any witness signatures your state requires]

Send tax statements to: [name and address for tax bills]

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