How to Transfer Real Property to Your Spouse
The nature of land makes it challenging to provide notice about ownership of a particular parcel of land. You cannot pick up and physically possess land as you can other possessions, such as a computer. To transfer and evidence ownership in land, a deed is necessary. If you intend to transfer all or some of your interest in land that you own to your wife, you must create a valid deed and deliver it to your wife.
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Visit the land records office in your county and ask for a blank quitclaim deed form. While at the office, ask to see the legal property description for the land at issue. Copy the legal property description; you need it to complete the deed.
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List yourself as the grantor (the person who owns the property). List your wife as the grantee (the person receiving the property). If you intend to retain any interest in the property, list your name in the grantee space as well. If you intend to transfer and relinquish all rights in the land in favor of your wife, only include your wife's name on the grantee line.
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Write the legal property description in the space provided in the deed.
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Sign the deed in the presence of a notary public. Deliver the deed to your wife. Upon acceptance of the deed, your wife will have the title to the land described in the deed.
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