Warranty Deed in Maryland

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 Maryland law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed naming the grantor and grantee, describing the property with reasonable certainty, and stating the interest granted is sufficient if executed, acknowledged and, where required, recorded (Real Prop. §4-101). A deed (other than a mortgage or deed of trust and similar instruments) may not be recorded unless it bears a certification by a Maryland attorney that the attorney prepared it or supervised its preparation, or a certification by a party named in the deed that the party prepared it. Each instrument offered for recording must be accompanied by a complete intake sheet on the form provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts (or be endorsed by the assessment office), and property generally cannot be transferred on the tax records until current taxes and charges are paid (§3-104). Source: Md. Code, Real Prop. §4-101; §3-104
Signing and recording a deed	A deed must name the grantor and grantee, describe the property with reasonable certainty, state the interest granted, and be executed and acknowledged (notarized). It is recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court (land records) in the county where the property is located, accompanied by a completed intake sheet, with the county tax collector's certificate that current property taxes have been paid. Each signer's name must be typed or printed under the signature. State and county transfer and recordation taxes generally apply when a deed is recorded; rates and exemptions vary by county. Recording rules: § 3-104 (https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=grp&section=3-104&enactments=false). Source: Md. Code, Real Property §§ 4-101, 3-104

Signing and recording a deed

A deed naming the grantor and grantee, describing the property with reasonable certainty, and stating the interest granted is sufficient if executed, acknowledged and, where required, recorded (Real Prop. §4-101). A deed (other than a mortgage or deed of trust and similar instruments) may not be recorded unless it bears a certification by a Maryland attorney that the attorney prepared it or supervised its preparation, or a certification by a party named in the deed that the party prepared it. Each instrument offered for recording must be accompanied by a complete intake sheet on the form provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts (or be endorsed by the assessment office), and property generally cannot be transferred on the tax records until current taxes and charges are paid (§3-104).

Source: Md. Code, Real Prop. §4-101; §3-104

Signing and recording a deed

A deed must name the grantor and grantee, describe the property with reasonable certainty, state the interest granted, and be executed and acknowledged (notarized). It is recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court (land records) in the county where the property is located, accompanied by a completed intake sheet, with the county tax collector's certificate that current property taxes have been paid. Each signer's name must be typed or printed under the signature.

State and county transfer and recordation taxes generally apply when a deed is recorded; rates and exemptions vary by county. Recording rules: § 3-104 (https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=grp&section=3-104&enactments=false).

Source: Md. Code, Real Property §§ 4-101, 3-104

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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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