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.)
The current owner giving the property away. Like any deed, the gift deed is a recordable certificate the donor executes — the donee simply receives the gift and takes title. No purchase price changes hands.
The big lever — it reframes who takes the gift, the donative recitals and the document title.
Family gift: the classic gift deed between relatives (parent → child, spouse, etc.), given for love and affection. State the donee's relationship below — no purchase price changes hands.
Residential property: framed for a home / residential gift.
A gift of real property may still have federal gift-tax, capital-gains basis and (where applicable) Medicaid consequences — the transfer-tax exemption is only about the local recording tax. Consult a tax advisor.
A real, section-by-section recordable gift deed. The gift-type choice drives who takes the gift, the donative recitals and the title. Publish to get a hosted link the donor can e-execute online.
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A gift deed is a template for convenience, not legal or tax advice. It is a recordable instrument that conveys title to real property by gift, without consideration; to be effective it must generally be signed by the donor, acknowledged before a notary, and recorded with the correct recorder / register of deeds, with the legal description, parcel number and any transfer-tax / exemption declaration required by that office and applicable state law. A gift of real property may have federal gift-tax, capital-gains basis and (where applicable) Medicaid consequences. PaperKit is not a law firm. Review the deed and consult a qualified attorney and tax advisor.