Quitclaim Deed in Mississippi

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 Mississippi law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed may be recorded if it bears an original (or compliant electronic) signature and is acknowledged or proved according to law. Deeds are recorded with the chancery clerk of the county where the land is located. For documents signed on or after July 1, 2009, the first page needs a 3-inch top margin and must show the preparer's name, business address and phone number; the name, mailing address and phone number of each grantor and grantee; a return address; the title; and the legal description or indexing instructions. Signatures must be in black or blue ink with the name typed or printed beneath, on white paper in at least 10-point type, one side only. A nonconforming document is still recorded but may carry an extra $10 fee. Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code current as of Jan. 1, 2025). Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-3-1, 89-5-24
Transfer-on-death deed	Yes. An individual may transfer real property at death to one or more beneficiaries by a transfer-on-death deed. The owner must have the same capacity needed to make a contract. The deed must contain the essential elements of a recordable deed, state that the transfer takes effect at the owner's death, be acknowledged before a notary like other deeds (will formalities are not required), and be recorded before the owner's death with the chancery clerk of the county where the property is located. A TOD deed is not a will. Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code current as of Jan. 1, 2025). Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§ 91-27-9, 91-27-11, 91-27-13, 91-27-15, 91-27-17

Signing and recording a deed

A deed may be recorded if it bears an original (or compliant electronic) signature and is acknowledged or proved according to law. Deeds are recorded with the chancery clerk of the county where the land is located. For documents signed on or after July 1, 2009, the first page needs a 3-inch top margin and must show the preparer's name, business address and phone number; the name, mailing address and phone number of each grantor and grantee; a return address; the title; and the legal description or indexing instructions. Signatures must be in black or blue ink with the name typed or printed beneath, on white paper in at least 10-point type, one side only. A nonconforming document is still recorded but may carry an extra $10 fee.

Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code current as of Jan. 1, 2025).

Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§ 89-3-1, 89-5-24

Transfer-on-death deed

Yes. An individual may transfer real property at death to one or more beneficiaries by a transfer-on-death deed. The owner must have the same capacity needed to make a contract. The deed must contain the essential elements of a recordable deed, state that the transfer takes effect at the owner's death, be acknowledged before a notary like other deeds (will formalities are not required), and be recorded before the owner's death with the chancery clerk of the county where the property is located. A TOD deed is not a will.

Official code not freely readable online; text verified on a public code mirror (code current as of Jan. 1, 2025).

Source: Miss. Code Ann. §§ 91-27-9, 91-27-11, 91-27-13, 91-27-15, 91-27-17

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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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