Quitclaim Deed in Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed must identify the parties, the land and the interest conveyed, be signed by each grantor (and by both spouses if it conveys a married person's homestead, except between spouses), and be delivered. To be recorded with the county register of deeds, the signatures must be authenticated, either by notarial acknowledgment or by authentication by a Wisconsin attorney or an officer entitled to administer oaths, and the document must include a full legal description. A real estate transfer return must be filed and a transfer fee of 30 cents per $100 of value paid by the grantor at recording unless an exemption applies (for example, transfers between spouses, between parent and child for nominal consideration, or by will, descent or survivorship). Source: Wis. Stat. § 706.02; § 706.05; § 706.06; § 77.22; § 77.25
Transfer-on-death deed	Yes. An owner may designate a 'TOD beneficiary' for real property in a document that names the owner(s) and beneficiary and states that the transfer is effective only at death; for marital property, both spouses must sign. The document must be recorded with the register of deeds in the county where the property is located before the owner's death (or the last owner's death). It has no effect on ownership during life and may be revoked by a later recorded and acknowledged instrument. It requires the same mental capacity as a will. Claims to recover the property from the beneficiary are generally barred unless an action is filed, and a lis pendens recorded, within 120 days after death. Section 705.15 was most recently amended by 2025 Wis. Act 60. No real estate transfer fee is due to designate a TOD beneficiary or on the transfer at death (Wis. Stat. § 77.25). Source: Wis. Stat. § 705.15

Signing and recording a deed

A deed must identify the parties, the land and the interest conveyed, be signed by each grantor (and by both spouses if it conveys a married person's homestead, except between spouses), and be delivered. To be recorded with the county register of deeds, the signatures must be authenticated, either by notarial acknowledgment or by authentication by a Wisconsin attorney or an officer entitled to administer oaths, and the document must include a full legal description. A real estate transfer return must be filed and a transfer fee of 30 cents per $100 of value paid by the grantor at recording unless an exemption applies (for example, transfers between spouses, between parent and child for nominal consideration, or by will, descent or survivorship).

Source: Wis. Stat. § 706.02; § 706.05; § 706.06; § 77.22; § 77.25

Transfer-on-death deed

Yes. An owner may designate a 'TOD beneficiary' for real property in a document that names the owner(s) and beneficiary and states that the transfer is effective only at death; for marital property, both spouses must sign. The document must be recorded with the register of deeds in the county where the property is located before the owner's death (or the last owner's death). It has no effect on ownership during life and may be revoked by a later recorded and acknowledged instrument. It requires the same mental capacity as a will. Claims to recover the property from the beneficiary are generally barred unless an action is filed, and a lis pendens recorded, within 120 days after death.

Section 705.15 was most recently amended by 2025 Wis. Act 60. No real estate transfer fee is due to designate a TOD beneficiary or on the transfer at death (Wis. Stat. § 77.25).

Source: Wis. Stat. § 705.15

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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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