Get your quitclaim deed. Or get everything you need to record it.

Before you download

Downloading a deed and recording a deed are two different things. One is a file on your computer. The other is what actually transfers ownership in the eyes of the law.

Most people find out the hard way that counties don't accept just any deed. Each county has its own requirements: a specific cover sheet, minimum font size and margin rules, a Transfer Tax Affidavit, sometimes a particular witness count. Bring the wrong document and it comes back to you. You pay the filing fee again. You wait again. And while the deed sits unrecorded, the transfer isn't legally done.

The legal description is where people freeze. It's not the street address. It's a precise parcel description copied from the existing deed, and getting it wrong (or copying slightly the wrong text) is one of the most common reasons deeds get rejected or, worse, accepted with an error that causes problems later.

Then there's everything after you sign. Notarisation, witnesses, transfer tax payment, filing order, tax assessor notification. Most people have no idea these steps exist until they're standing at the recorder's office without half of them done. And if you catch a typo after you've downloaded, with a single-download setup you're starting over from scratch.