Warranty Deed in Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania law says

Signing and recording a deed	Pennsylvania imposes a state realty transfer tax of 1% of the value of real estate transferred by deed, and the grantor and grantee are jointly liable for it; many localities add a local realty transfer tax. The tax is collected by the county Recorder of Deeds when the deed is recorded. Some transfers are exempt, including certain transfers among family members and property passing by will or inheritance. Source: PA Department of Revenue, Realty Transfer Tax
Signing and recording a deed	Deeds are recorded with the county Recorder of Deeds. Pennsylvania imposes a state realty transfer tax of 1% of the value of the real estate, collected by the Recorder of Deeds, often together with an additional local realty transfer tax; the grantor and grantee are jointly and severally liable for it. Certain transfers are exempt, including certain transfers among family members and property passing by will or intestacy. The local transfer tax rate varies by municipality and school district; check with the county Recorder of Deeds. Deeds are customarily acknowledged before a notary for recording. Source: 72 P.S. § 8101-C et seq. (Realty Transfer Tax)

Signing and recording a deed

Pennsylvania imposes a state realty transfer tax of 1% of the value of real estate transferred by deed, and the grantor and grantee are jointly liable for it; many localities add a local realty transfer tax. The tax is collected by the county Recorder of Deeds when the deed is recorded. Some transfers are exempt, including certain transfers among family members and property passing by will or inheritance.

Source: PA Department of Revenue, Realty Transfer Tax

Signing and recording a deed

Deeds are recorded with the county Recorder of Deeds. Pennsylvania imposes a state realty transfer tax of 1% of the value of the real estate, collected by the Recorder of Deeds, often together with an additional local realty transfer tax; the grantor and grantee are jointly and severally liable for it. Certain transfers are exempt, including certain transfers among family members and property passing by will or intestacy.

The local transfer tax rate varies by municipality and school district; check with the county Recorder of Deeds. Deeds are customarily acknowledged before a notary for recording.

Source: 72 P.S. § 8101-C et seq. (Realty Transfer Tax)

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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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General legal information, not legal advice. Laws change and local rules can differ; check the linked official source or talk to a lawyer about your situation.