Quitclaim Deed in Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed cannot be recorded unless a certificate of acknowledgment (or proof of due execution) is attached to it. A conveyance is not valid against third parties without actual notice unless it is recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land lies. A deeds excise tax applies to sales of real estate: $2 for each $500 of consideration (above $100), or $1.50 per $500 in Barnstable County. Recording effect: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter183/Section4; deeds excise: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter64D/Section1. Source: M.G.L. c. 183, §§ 29, 4; c. 64D, § 1

Signing and recording a deed

A deed cannot be recorded unless a certificate of acknowledgment (or proof of due execution) is attached to it. A conveyance is not valid against third parties without actual notice unless it is recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land lies. A deeds excise tax applies to sales of real estate: $2 for each $500 of consideration (above $100), or $1.50 per $500 in Barnstable County.

Recording effect: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter183/Section4; deeds excise: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter64D/Section1.

Source: M.G.L. c. 183, §§ 29, 4; c. 64D, § 1

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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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