Quitclaim Deed in North Carolina

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 North Carolina law says

Signing and recording a deed	Before a deed (including a quitclaim deed) can be recorded it must be acknowledged by the person signing it (usually before a notary) or proved by a witness under oath. It is recorded with the register of deeds in the county where the land lies, and it protects against later buyers and lien creditors only once recorded. The seller (transferor) pays an excise tax of $1 per $500 of consideration or value to the register of deeds before recording. Recording: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47/GS_47-18.html; excise tax: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-228.30.html Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47-17, 47-18, 105-228.30
Transfer-on-death deed	No. North Carolina has not enacted a transfer on death deed for real estate; the Wills chapter contains no TOD deed article. Bills to adopt the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act have been introduced but not enacted. Example of a proposed (not enacted) bill: https://ftp.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S160v1.pdf Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 31 (article list)

Signing and recording a deed

Before a deed (including a quitclaim deed) can be recorded it must be acknowledged by the person signing it (usually before a notary) or proved by a witness under oath. It is recorded with the register of deeds in the county where the land lies, and it protects against later buyers and lien creditors only once recorded. The seller (transferor) pays an excise tax of $1 per $500 of consideration or value to the register of deeds before recording.

Recording: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47/GS_47-18.html; excise tax: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-228.30.html

Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47-17, 47-18, 105-228.30

Transfer-on-death deed

No. North Carolina has not enacted a transfer on death deed for real estate; the Wills chapter contains no TOD deed article. Bills to adopt the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act have been introduced but not enacted.

Example of a proposed (not enacted) bill: https://ftp.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S160v1.pdf

Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 31 (article list)

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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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