Warranty Deed in Louisiana

A warranty deed transfers real estate with the seller's promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing and recording rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, preparer and return-address blocks, transfer-tax forms) — recorders reject deeds that miss them.

What Louisiana law says

Signing and recording a deed	A transfer of land must be made by 'authentic act' or by 'act under private signature' (Civil Code arts. 1839, 2440). An authentic act is signed before a notary and two witnesses, with each party, witness and notary signing and their names printed under the signatures (art. 1833). An act under private signature can be 'duly acknowledged' by the party before a notary or court in the presence of two witnesses (art. 1836). A sale of land binds the parties when made but does not affect third persons until it is filed for registry in the parish where the property is located (arts. 1839, 2442). Source: La. C.C. arts. 1833, 1836, 1839, 2440, 2442
Signing and recording a deed	A transfer of immovable property (real estate) must be made by authentic act or by act under private signature. An authentic act is signed before a notary and two witnesses by each party, each witness, and the notary, with each signer's name typed or printed beneath the signature. A transfer affects third persons only once it is recorded in the conveyance records of the parish where the property is located. Authentic act: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109072; recording: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110389. Parish recording fees and forms vary. Source: La. Civ. Code arts. 1839, 1833, 3338

Signing and recording a deed

A transfer of land must be made by 'authentic act' or by 'act under private signature' (Civil Code arts. 1839, 2440). An authentic act is signed before a notary and two witnesses, with each party, witness and notary signing and their names printed under the signatures (art. 1833). An act under private signature can be 'duly acknowledged' by the party before a notary or court in the presence of two witnesses (art. 1836). A sale of land binds the parties when made but does not affect third persons until it is filed for registry in the parish where the property is located (arts. 1839, 2442).

Source: La. C.C. arts. 1833, 1836, 1839, 2440, 2442

Signing and recording a deed

A transfer of immovable property (real estate) must be made by authentic act or by act under private signature. An authentic act is signed before a notary and two witnesses by each party, each witness, and the notary, with each signer's name typed or printed beneath the signature. A transfer affects third persons only once it is recorded in the conveyance records of the parish where the property is located.

Authentic act: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109072; recording: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=110389. Parish recording fees and forms vary.

Source: La. Civ. Code arts. 1839, 1833, 3338

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

WARRANTY DEED

For [consideration], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), grants and conveys to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title], 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]

Grantor warrants the title to the property, as provided by [state] law, subject only to: [exceptions, e.g. easements and restrictions of record, current taxes].

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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