Quitclaim Deed in New York

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 New York law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed (including a quitclaim deed) must be acknowledged by the signer (before a notary or other officer) to be recorded. It is recorded with the county clerk (or the City Register in New York City) where the property is located; an unrecorded deed can lose priority to a later good-faith buyer who records first. New York State real estate transfer tax is $2 per $500 of consideration, generally paid by the seller, plus a 1% 'mansion tax' paid by the buyer on residences of $1 million or more; higher rates apply to some New York City transfers. Form TP-584 (TP-584-NYC in New York City) is filed with the deed within 15 days of delivery. Recording statute text: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPP/291. Source: N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291; N.Y. Tax Law Article 31
Transfer-on-death deed	Yes. An owner with the capacity needed to make a will may sign a transfer on death deed naming one or more beneficiaries. It must have the elements of a recordable deed, state that the transfer happens at the owner's death, be signed in front of two witnesses present at the same time, be acknowledged before a notary, and be recorded in the county clerk's office before the owner's death. It can be revoked only by a later recorded instrument (not by destroying it). The statute includes optional forms for the deed and a revocation. After death, the estate may reach the property if the probate estate cannot cover debts, but only within 18 months of death. Source: N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 424

Signing and recording a deed

A deed (including a quitclaim deed) must be acknowledged by the signer (before a notary or other officer) to be recorded. It is recorded with the county clerk (or the City Register in New York City) where the property is located; an unrecorded deed can lose priority to a later good-faith buyer who records first. New York State real estate transfer tax is $2 per $500 of consideration, generally paid by the seller, plus a 1% 'mansion tax' paid by the buyer on residences of $1 million or more; higher rates apply to some New York City transfers. Form TP-584 (TP-584-NYC in New York City) is filed with the deed within 15 days of delivery.

Recording statute text: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPP/291.

Source: N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 291; N.Y. Tax Law Article 31

Transfer-on-death deed

Yes. An owner with the capacity needed to make a will may sign a transfer on death deed naming one or more beneficiaries. It must have the elements of a recordable deed, state that the transfer happens at the owner's death, be signed in front of two witnesses present at the same time, be acknowledged before a notary, and be recorded in the county clerk's office before the owner's death. It can be revoked only by a later recorded instrument (not by destroying it). The statute includes optional forms for the deed and a revocation.

After death, the estate may reach the property if the probate estate cannot cover debts, but only within 18 months of death.

Source: N.Y. Real Prop. Law § 424

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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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