Quitclaim Deed in Wyoming

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 Wyoming law says

Signing and recording a deed	A conveyance of land is made by an instrument signed and acknowledged by the grantor; the acknowledgment must be taken before a notarial officer. A certificate of acknowledgment entitles the deed to be recorded in the office of the county clerk in the county where the land lies, and only originally signed documents (or qualifying electronic or certified copies) may be recorded. An unrecorded conveyance is void against later good-faith purchasers who record first. A quitclaim deed passes whatever interest the grantor could lawfully convey. Source: W.S. 34-1-106; W.S. 34-1-107; W.S. 34-1-113; W.S. 34-1-118; W.S. 34-1-119; W.S. 34-1-120
Transfer-on-death deed	Yes. A deed that names a grantee beneficiary and expressly states it is effective on the owner's death transfers the owner's interest at death, subject to existing mortgages, liens and other encumbrances. It is valid only if executed and recorded in the office of the county clerk where the property is located before the owner's death. No notice to or consent of the beneficiary is needed, it may name successor beneficiaries, it can be revoked only by a recorded revocation (not by a will), and the last one recorded before death controls. After death, ownership is shown by recording an affidavit under W.S. 34-11-101 together with a certificate of clearance from the Wyoming Department of Health stating that any Medicaid claims are satisfied or do not exist. The statute provides forms for the deed and for revocation. If the owner received Medicaid, the Department of Health may assert a lien against the property for the amount it could have recovered from the estate. Source: W.S. 2-18-101 to 2-18-106 (esp. W.S. 2-18-103, 2-18-104, 2-18-105)

Signing and recording a deed

A conveyance of land is made by an instrument signed and acknowledged by the grantor; the acknowledgment must be taken before a notarial officer. A certificate of acknowledgment entitles the deed to be recorded in the office of the county clerk in the county where the land lies, and only originally signed documents (or qualifying electronic or certified copies) may be recorded. An unrecorded conveyance is void against later good-faith purchasers who record first. A quitclaim deed passes whatever interest the grantor could lawfully convey.

Source: W.S. 34-1-106; W.S. 34-1-107; W.S. 34-1-113; W.S. 34-1-118; W.S. 34-1-119; W.S. 34-1-120

Transfer-on-death deed

Yes. A deed that names a grantee beneficiary and expressly states it is effective on the owner's death transfers the owner's interest at death, subject to existing mortgages, liens and other encumbrances. It is valid only if executed and recorded in the office of the county clerk where the property is located before the owner's death. No notice to or consent of the beneficiary is needed, it may name successor beneficiaries, it can be revoked only by a recorded revocation (not by a will), and the last one recorded before death controls. After death, ownership is shown by recording an affidavit under W.S. 34-11-101 together with a certificate of clearance from the Wyoming Department of Health stating that any Medicaid claims are satisfied or do not exist. The statute provides forms for the deed and for revocation.

If the owner received Medicaid, the Department of Health may assert a lien against the property for the amount it could have recovered from the estate.

Source: W.S. 2-18-101 to 2-18-106 (esp. W.S. 2-18-103, 2-18-104, 2-18-105)

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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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