Quitclaim Deed in Texas

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 Texas law says

Signing and recording a deed	To be recorded, a deed must be signed and acknowledged or sworn to by the grantor before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments (such as a notary), or signed and acknowledged in the presence of two or more credible subscribing witnesses. A person presenting the deed in person for recording must show photo identification to the county clerk. Deeds are recorded with the county clerk where the property is located. Section 12.001 was most recently amended effective December 4, 2025. Source: Tex. Property Code § 12.001
Transfer-on-death deed	Yes. An individual may transfer real property at death by a transfer on death deed. The owner needs the same capacity as to make a contract, and the deed cannot be made through a power of attorney. It must contain the elements and formalities of a recordable deed, state that the transfer occurs at the owner's death, and be recorded in the deed records of the county clerk where the property is located before the owner dies. It is revocable, and no notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary, or consideration, is required. Source: Tex. Estates Code §§ 114.051-114.057

Signing and recording a deed

To be recorded, a deed must be signed and acknowledged or sworn to by the grantor before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments (such as a notary), or signed and acknowledged in the presence of two or more credible subscribing witnesses. A person presenting the deed in person for recording must show photo identification to the county clerk. Deeds are recorded with the county clerk where the property is located.

Section 12.001 was most recently amended effective December 4, 2025.

Source: Tex. Property Code § 12.001

Transfer-on-death deed

Yes. An individual may transfer real property at death by a transfer on death deed. The owner needs the same capacity as to make a contract, and the deed cannot be made through a power of attorney. It must contain the elements and formalities of a recordable deed, state that the transfer occurs at the owner's death, and be recorded in the deed records of the county clerk where the property is located before the owner dies. It is revocable, and no notice to or acceptance by the beneficiary, or consideration, is required.

Source: Tex. Estates Code §§ 114.051-114.057

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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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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.