Quitclaim Deed in Utah
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 Utah law says
| Signing and recording a deed | Utah statutes provide short forms for warranty and quitclaim deeds. To be recorded with the county recorder where the property is located, a deed must carry a certificate of acknowledgment (or proof of execution) by a notary or other authorized officer, be an original (or a qualifying electronic document), include a brief caption stating the nature of the document, contain a legal description of the property, and name the grantees with a mailing address for tax notices. A water rights addendum may be submitted with a deed conveying land or water rights. Section 57-3-101 was amended in 2025 (2025 Utah Laws, 1st Special Session ch. 15). Check with the county recorder for local recording fees and formatting. |
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| Transfer-on-death deed | Yes, under the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act. A transfer on death deed must contain the essential elements and formalities of a recordable deed, state that the transfer occurs at the owner's death, and be recorded before the owner's death in the county recorder's office where the property is located. It requires the same capacity as a will, needs no notice to, delivery to or acceptance by the beneficiary and no consideration, and cannot name a class of beneficiaries. It is revocable only by a later recorded and acknowledged instrument (not by a will or by destroying the deed). The statute includes an optional form. If the probate estate cannot pay allowed claims and statutory allowances, the estate may reach the property; that proceeding must be started within 12 months after death. |
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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.