Warranty Deed in Wisconsin

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 Wisconsin law says

Signing and recording a deed	To be recorded with the county register of deeds, a deed must bear the required signatures, have a form of authentication (a notary acknowledgment, or authentication by a public officer who can administer oaths or a Wisconsin attorney), and identify the land and the parties, including a full legal description. The grantor pays a real estate transfer fee of 30 cents per $100 of value, and a real estate transfer return signed by grantor and grantee must be filed electronically before the deed can be recorded, unless the transfer is exempt. Source: Wis. Stat. §§ 706.05, 706.06, 77.22
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

Signing and recording a deed

To be recorded with the county register of deeds, a deed must bear the required signatures, have a form of authentication (a notary acknowledgment, or authentication by a public officer who can administer oaths or a Wisconsin attorney), and identify the land and the parties, including a full legal description. The grantor pays a real estate transfer fee of 30 cents per $100 of value, and a real estate transfer return signed by grantor and grantee must be filed electronically before the deed can be recorded, unless the transfer is exempt.

Source: Wis. Stat. §§ 706.05, 706.06, 77.22

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

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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.