Quitclaim Deed in Kentucky

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 Kentucky law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed must be acknowledged before a county clerk or notary public (or proved by subscribing witnesses) to be recorded, and is recorded with the county clerk of the county where the property, or most of it, is located. The deed must state the full names and mailing addresses of the grantor and grantee, the full consideration, the in-care-of address for the tax bill, and the source of the grantor's title (prior deed book and page), and must include a sworn, notarized consideration certificate signed by grantor and grantee. A real estate transfer tax of $0.50 per $500 of value is collected at recording, with exemptions (for example, transfers between spouses, and parent-child or grandparent-grandchild transfers for nominal consideration). Source: KRS 382.130, 382.135, 382.110, 142.050

Signing and recording a deed

A deed must be acknowledged before a county clerk or notary public (or proved by subscribing witnesses) to be recorded, and is recorded with the county clerk of the county where the property, or most of it, is located. The deed must state the full names and mailing addresses of the grantor and grantee, the full consideration, the in-care-of address for the tax bill, and the source of the grantor's title (prior deed book and page), and must include a sworn, notarized consideration certificate signed by grantor and grantee. A real estate transfer tax of $0.50 per $500 of value is collected at recording, with exemptions (for example, transfers between spouses, and parent-child or grandparent-grandchild transfers for nominal consideration).

Source: KRS 382.130, 382.135, 382.110, 142.050

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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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