[enter the exact legal description].
Subject to: [list encumbrances the property will be subject to, e.g. mortgages, easements, etc.].
Subject to real estate taxes and assessments for the current year and subsequent years.
Subject to all valid easements, rights of way, covenants, conditions, reservations and restrictions of record, if any, and also to applicable zoning, land use and other laws and regulations.
To have and to hold the same, together with all the buildings, improvements and appurtenances belonging thereto, if any, to the Grantee and Grantee's heirs, successors and assigns forever.
Grantor, for Grantor and Grantor's heirs and successors, covenants with Grantee and Grantee's heirs, successors and assigns, that:
1. Grantor is lawfully seized in fee simple of the above property, and has good right to convey the same;
2. The above property is free from all encumbrances, except as set forth above;
3. Grantee shall quietly enjoy the above property; and
4. Grantor will forever warrant and defend the title to the above property against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
This property was acquired by the Grantor by: [statement explaining how grantor acquired the property].
I, [list name of grantor's spouse], of [list address of grantor's spouse], spouse of [list name of person conveying the property], in consideration of the above sum and other good and valuable consideration received, do hereby waive and release to Grantee all rights of dower, curtesy, homestead, community property, and all other right, title and interest, if any, in and to the above property.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Warranty Deed is executed under seal on
the___________day of_________________, 19_____.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of: ______________________________ ____________________________(Seal) (Signature of witness) [list name of person conveying the property]
______________________________ (Signature of witness) ____________________________(Seal) [list name of grantor's spouse]
STATE OF _____________________
COUNTY OF ____________________
In _______________, on the _____________ day of ____________, 19___, before me, a Notary Public in and for the above state and county, personally appeared [list name of person conveying the property], known to me or proved to be the person named in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and being first duly sworn, such person acknowledged that he or she executed said instrument for the purposes therein contained as his or her free and voluntary act and deed.
_______________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires: ________
(SEAL)
STATE OF _____________________
COUNTY OF ____________________
In _______________, on the _____________ day of ____________, 19___, before me, a Notary Public in and for the above state and county, personally appeared [list name of grantor's spouse], known to me or proved to be the person named in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and being first duly sworn, such person acknowledged that he or she executed said instrument for the purposes therein contained as his or her free and voluntary act and deed.
_______________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires: ________
(SEAL)
This Warranty Deed was prepared by:_____________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
The street address of the property being conveyed is:___________
____________________________________________________________________.
Send future tax bills to:_______________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.
After recording, return to:_____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________.