📜 Free Deed & Property Transfer Forms
Free deed and property-transfer forms — quitclaim/warranty deeds, transfer-on-death, gift deeds, life estates and small-estate affidavits. Instant PDF.
Property Deed Maker (Quitclaim / Warranty / Grant)
You need to convey real property from one owner to another and record it — this is the deed that does it. A grantor conveys the property to a grantee, and PaperKit drafts the recordable instrument with the exact operative granting words for the type you pick. Choose the deed type, which is the whole ballgame for the warranty of title: a Quitclaim Deed conveys only whatever interest the grantor has, if any, with NO warranty (common between family members, spouses in a divorce, or to clear a cloud on title); a Warranty Deed gives the full covenants of title — seisin, right to convey, freedom from encumbrances, quiet enjoyment, and a general warranty to defend title forever (the buyer-protective deed used in most arm’s-length sales); or a Grant Deed gives the statutory implied covenants (the grantor hasn’t already conveyed the estate and hasn’t encumbered it) without the full express warranty. Choose residential or commercial, name the grantor and grantee, state how the grantee takes title (e.g. joint tenants with right of survivorship), recite the consideration (PaperKit estimates the documentary transfer tax for you), give the property address, legal description and parcel number, and PaperKit assembles the whole deed — parties, consideration, the granting clause, the covenants (or the no-warranty clause for a quitclaim), the manner of taking title and any subject-to exceptions. Like a reconveyance, the deed is a drafter-signs recordable certificate: the GRANTOR executes and e-signs it; the grantee simply takes title. Hosted online for the grantor to review & e-sign. Clean recordable PDF.
Open tool →Trustee's Deed Upon Sale (Foreclosure Sale Conveyance)
The non-judicial foreclosure is over — the trustee's sale has been held and now the property has to be conveyed to whoever won at auction. This is the recordable deed that completes the foreclosure: the foreclosure TRUSTEE, having sold under the power of sale, conveys title to the successful bidder. Pick the sale result, which drives the whole money math: a Third-party bidder paid the winning bid in cash (PaperKit applies the proceeds to the debt and computes any SURPLUS owed to junior lienholders and the trustor, and estimates the documentary transfer tax on the sale price), or the foreclosing Beneficiary made a Credit bid against its own debt (no cash changes hands, the bid is credited against the loan, and PaperKit computes any SURVIVING DEFICIENCY that may remain owed — and treats the conveyance as transfer-tax exempt). Choose residential or commercial, name the trustee, the winning bidder / grantee, the beneficiary and the foreclosed trustor, recite the deed of trust, the Notice of Default and the Notice of Trustee's Sale (with their recording instrument numbers) and the sale date and place, and PaperKit assembles the whole instrument — the recitals, a foreclosure-compliance certification, the sale and bid, the application of proceeds (surplus or deficiency), the granting clause conveying the trustor's interest WITHOUT warranty, and the manner of taking title. Like a reconveyance, it's a drafter-signs recordable certificate: the neutral foreclosure TRUSTEE executes and e-signs it; the bidder simply takes title. Hosted online for the trustee to review & e-sign. Clean recordable PDF.
Open tool →Correction / Confirmatory Deed & Scrivener's Affidavit
A deed you already recorded has a mistake — a misspelled name, a wrong or omitted legal description, a wrong parcel number, a missing marital / vesting recital, or a scrivener's typo — and now the title chain is clouded. This is the curative instrument that fixes it without starting over. Pick the instrument, which decides how the record is cured: a Correction Deed (a.k.a. Deed of Correction / Corrective Deed) is a new deed that RE-CONVEYS the property to fix a material error and supersede the prior deed's mistake; a Confirmatory Deed CONFIRMS and ratifies an already-valid prior conveyance to remove doubt (no new conveyance, it relates back to the original); or a Scrivener's Affidavit of Correction is a SWORN affidavit by the drafter / title agent attesting to a clerical error and stating the correct fact, recorded to clarify the record. Then pick what's being corrected — party name, legal description, parcel number, vesting / marital recital, or another clerical error — and PaperKit reframes the whole instrument around it. Recite the prior recorded deed (its type, recording date and instrument / book / page number), the erroneous text as-recorded and the corrected text, name the original grantor / affiant and the grantee under the prior deed, and PaperKit assembles the entire curative instrument — the recitals identifying the prior deed, the error, the correction, a reaffirmation of the original consideration, and — unlike a fresh conveyance — an assertion that the instrument is EXEMPT from documentary transfer tax (a corrective instrument effects no new transfer, so no new tax is due). Like a deed, it's a drafter-signs recordable certificate: the correcting party (the GRANTOR, or the AFFIANT for an affidavit) executes / swears and e-signs it; the grantee simply retains title. Hosted online for the correcting party to review & e-sign. Clean recordable PDF.
Open tool →Transfer on Death (Beneficiary) Deed
You want your home to pass to your kids (or anyone you choose) when you die — without probate — but you don't want to give up an ounce of control while you're alive. That's exactly what a Transfer on Death Deed (a.k.a. a Beneficiary Deed) does, and this makes the recordable instrument that states it. You stay the full owner: you can live in, rent, sell, mortgage or refinance the property, and you can revoke the deed at any time — the beneficiary gets nothing until you die and has no interest, and no creditor claim, while you're alive. Pick the action: a Transfer on Death Deed names your beneficiary and reserves your lifetime rights, or a Revocation of Transfer on Death Deed recites and cancels a TOD deed you recorded earlier. Then pick how the beneficiaries take: a single beneficiary; multiple beneficiaries in equal shares as tenants in common; or a primary beneficiary with a named alternate who takes only if the primary predeceases you. Name yourself as owner, name the beneficiary (and their relationship), give the property address, legal description and parcel number, and PaperKit assembles the whole non-probate instrument — the recitals, the beneficiary designation, the transfer-effective-on-death and non-probate clauses, your reserved lifetime rights and power to revoke, and — because a TOD deed makes no present transfer — an assertion that NO documentary transfer tax is due now. Like any deed it's a drafter-signs recordable certificate: the OWNER executes and e-signs it; the beneficiary simply takes on death. Hosted online for the owner to review & e-sign. Clean recordable PDF. (TOD / beneficiary deeds are available in many but not all states — confirm your state's statute.)
Open tool →Enhanced Life Estate (Lady Bird) Deed
You want your home to pass to your kids (or anyone you choose) when you die — without probate — but you want even MORE control than a plain beneficiary deed gives: the power to sell, mortgage, gift or completely revoke, on your own, with no one's consent, right up until death. That's an Enhanced Life Estate Deed — a “Lady Bird” (Ladybird) deed — and this makes the recordable instrument that states it. You convey the property to a remainderman but RESERVE an enhanced life estate: you keep full ownership, use and control for life, and whatever is left at your death passes automatically to the remainderman outside probate. Because you keep the power to revoke and to convey the whole fee during life, the remainder is a mere expectancy — no completed present gift, so no documentary transfer tax is due now, and (in the states that recognize it) it generally does not disqualify you for Medicaid during life. Pick the action: an Enhanced Life Estate Deed reserves your enhanced life estate and conveys the remainder, or a Revocation of Enhanced Life Estate Deed recites and cancels a Lady Bird deed you recorded earlier. Then pick how the remaindermen take: a single remainderman; multiple remaindermen in equal shares as tenants in common; or a primary remainderman with a named alternate who takes only if the primary predeceases you. Name yourself as grantor, name the remainderman (and their relationship), give the property address, legal description and parcel number, and PaperKit assembles the whole non-probate instrument — the recitals, the reservation of the enhanced life estate, the conveyance of the remainder, the retained-powers and right-to-revoke clauses, the vests-on-death / non-probate clause, and — because a lady bird deed makes no completed present transfer — an assertion that NO documentary transfer tax is due now. Like any deed it's a drafter-signs recordable certificate: the GRANTOR executes and e-signs it; the remainderman simply takes on death. Hosted online for the grantor to review & e-sign. Clean recordable PDF. (Lady bird deeds are recognized in only a handful of states — confirm your state's law.)
Open tool →Affidavit of Heirship (Intestate / No-Will Heirs at Law)
Someone died owning a home — but left NO will, and there’s no transfer-on-death or lady bird deed to pass it on. So how do the heirs get the house out of the deceased owner’s name without a full, expensive probate? In most states the answer is an Affidavit of Heirship: a sworn, recordable statement by a DISINTERESTED person who knew the deceased and the family — a friend, neighbor or relative with no stake in the estate — that establishes, under oath, who the heirs at law are, so title passes by intestate succession and the record chain of title can be completed in the heirs’ names. This makes that instrument. Pick the family situation and PaperKit reframes the whole heirs-at-law recital and the intestacy shares: a surviving spouse plus children; a surviving spouse and no children (spouse takes all); children only, no spouse (equal shares); no spouse and no children (the parents / siblings / next of kin take); or a single sole heir. Name the affiant and how long they knew the deceased, name the Decedent with the date and place of death and residence, list the heirs with their relationships, ages and addresses, and give the property address, legal description and parcel number. PaperKit assembles the full sworn affidavit — the affiant’s knowledge and disinterest, the recital that the Decedent died intestate leaving no will, the family history, the heirs at law and their shares, that the estate’s debts are paid, and the descent of the property — then the affiant swears to it and e-signs. Hosted online for the affiant to review, swear & e-execute. Clean recordable PDF. (Affidavits of heirship, who may swear them, and their effect on title all vary by state — confirm your state’s law and your title company’s requirements.)
Open tool →Small Estate Affidavit (Collect Assets Without Probate)
Someone died leaving a modest estate — a bank account, a last paycheck, some savings, a car, maybe a small piece of property — and now the family needs to get it, but a full probate would cost more than the estate is worth. Most states have a shortcut: if the whole estate is under a set dollar limit, a person entitled to the property can sign a sworn Small Estate Affidavit and present it to whoever holds the asset (the bank, the employer, the transfer agent, the DMV) to have it released — no probate, no court. This makes that instrument. It’s the sibling of an affidavit of heirship, but where that one is signed by a disinterested person just to establish WHO the heirs are, this one is signed by the SUCCESSOR themselves to actually COLLECT the assets. Pick what you’re collecting and PaperKit reframes the whole affidavit: personal property (bank accounts, wages, securities, belongings — presented to the holder of the asset); real property of small value (succession to the deceased’s real estate, for recording); or a motor vehicle (to retitle the car at the DMV). Pick how you’re entitled — intestate (no will) or under the deceased’s will — and PaperKit builds the entitlement recital to match. Name yourself as the successor and your relationship to the deceased, name the Decedent with the date and place of death, list the specific assets (and who holds them), and enter the estate’s value, its debts and your state’s small-estate limit — PaperKit does the math (net value after debts) and asserts, under oath, that the estate is at or under the statutory limit, that the waiting period since death has elapsed, that no probate is pending, and that debts are paid or provided for. Then you swear to it and e-sign. Hosted online for the successor to review, swear & e-execute. Clean PDF. (Small-estate dollar limits, waiting periods, which assets qualify and the exact form all vary by state — confirm your state’s rules and the holder’s requirements.)
Open tool →Life Estate Deed (Traditional / Reserved Life Estate)
Want to pass your home to your children when you die — avoiding probate — but keep the right to live there for the rest of your life? A life estate deed does exactly that: it splits ownership across time. One person (the life tenant) keeps the right to live in and use the property for life; another (the remainderman) automatically owns it when the life tenant dies, without probate. This makes that recordable deed. It’s the traditional, ordinary sibling of the enhanced life estate / lady bird deed — but with a crucial difference: an ordinary life estate is a COMPLETED, PRESENTLY VESTED, IRREVOCABLE gift of the remainder. Your remainderman gets a real property interest the day you record it; you can’t sell, mortgage or take the property back without their written joinder; and because it’s a present gift it can have gift-tax, capital-gains basis and Medicaid consequences a lady bird deed avoids. Pick who holds the life estate and PaperKit reframes the whole deed: RESERVE a life estate for yourself (you convey the property now, keep the right to use it for life, and your remainderman takes on your death), or GRANT a life estate to someone else (e.g. give a parent or spouse the right to live there for their life, with the remainder to your remainderman). Then pick how the remaindermen take — a single remainderman, several in equal shares as tenants in common, or a primary with a named alternate if the primary predeceases the life tenant. Name the grantor, the life tenant (if you’re granting one), and the remainderman, give the property address, legal description and parcel number, and toggle the recitals — that the remainder is presently vested (a completed present gift), that the deed is irrevocable and cannot be defeated without the remainderman’s joinder, and that the life tenant must pay taxes and upkeep and not commit waste. PaperKit assembles the full recordable deed and the grantor e-signs it. Hosted online for the grantor to review & e-execute. Clean recordable PDF. (Life estate deeds, homestead and spousal-joinder rules, the doctrine of waste and the gift-tax / Medicaid consequences all vary by state — confirm your state’s law and consult an attorney or tax advisor; a lady bird deed or transfer-on-death deed may fit better.)
Open tool →Gift Deed (Convey Real Property as a Gift)
Want to give a house or a piece of land to your child, your spouse, a loved one — or donate real estate to a charity — with no money changing hands? A gift deed is the recordable instrument that conveys real property as a GIFT: voluntarily, out of love and affection or charitable intent, without a purchase price. This makes that deed. Because it’s a gift and not a sale, PaperKit reframes the whole instrument around donative intent instead of a bargained-for price: it recites that the conveyance is a voluntary gift made without monetary consideration, and — because no consideration is paid — asserts that the transfer is EXEMPT from documentary / real-property transfer tax (no math, no purchase price). Pick who receives the gift and PaperKit reshapes the deed: a FAMILY gift to a relative for love and affection (name the donee’s relationship — parent→child, spouse, sibling); a CHARITABLE gift / Deed of Gift to a qualified charitable organization (PaperKit adds a charitable-contribution recital and an IRS-style “no goods or services were received in exchange” substantiation statement); or a gift IN TRUST to a named trustee to hold in trust for a beneficiary. Choose residential or commercial, name the donor and the donee (or trustee), state how the donee takes title, add an optional nominal-consideration recital (“$10.00 and love and affection”), give the property address, legal description and parcel number, and toggle the recitals — donative intent, the transfer-tax exemption, and whether the donor warrants title or gives it with no warranty. PaperKit assembles the whole gift deed — the parties, the donative-intent recital, the granting clause giving the property as a gift, the covenants (or no-warranty clause), the transfer-tax-exempt assertion and any subject-to exceptions. Like any deed it’s a drafter-signs recordable certificate: the DONOR executes and e-signs it; the donee simply takes title. Hosted online for the donor to review & e-sign. Clean recordable PDF. (A gift of real property may have federal gift-tax, capital-gains basis and Medicaid consequences — confirm your state’s recording rules and consult an attorney or tax advisor.)
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