quit claim after death of granter

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can owner draw up a quit claim deed, send it to grantee and have grantee register it after death of granter?

larry · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 3328 473.51 Dollars($)

Hi,

Welcome to the forum.

The quitclaim deed needs to re time to be registered in the county recorder office within a certain period of time and it actually varies from state to state. So you will have to verify it in the recorder office in your state.

Feel free to ask if you have any further questions.

Best of luck,
Larry

blue · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Welcome to Mortgagefit discussion board.

Yes that can be done but there are certain time limits within which you need to register the deed to make it valid and this time limit differs from one state to another as larry has also mentioned above.

Why do you want to register after the death of the owner? It is always preferable to register the deed ASAP. Have you notarized the deed?

Do let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks
Blue

jheard · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:11 am Post subject:

Technically it can be done, but it is a bad practice. You may be better off putting the property in title as joint tenants. That way you can get full title when the person dies. Or, the person can draw up a will which devises the property on death. Or a living trust can accomplish the same thing while avoiding any probate.

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