A Connecticut quitclaim deed is a written deed form. It passes the interest of the owner (the grantor) in real estate to a new owner (the grantee) without any covenants of title.[2.1] To hold the land against others, the deed must be recorded on the records of the town where the land lies.[1.2] Download the Connecticut form below or create one with our free quitclaim deed form builder.
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Connecticut's statutes set out what a quitclaim deed conveys, how it must be acknowledged and where it must be recorded. A deed titled "Quitclaim Deed" passes the grantor's interest without any covenants of title.[2.1] The deed must be acknowledged, and it must be recorded on the town's land records to hold the land against others.[1.1][1.2]
Section 47-36f of the Conn. Gen. Stat. describes the deed this way:
A deed entitled "Quitclaim Deed", when duly executed, has the force and effect of a conveyance to the releasee of all the releasor's right, title and interest in and to the property described therein except as otherwise limited therein, but without any covenants of title.
In plain words, the releasor is the grantor and the releasee is the grantee. A deed that follows this statutory form is sufficient to convey the grantor's interest. A quitclaim deed:[2.1]
Section 47-5 of the Conn. Gen. Stat. says the deed must be acknowledged by the grantor, the grantor's agent or another duly authorized person, as the grantor's free act and deed. It may instead be acknowledged in any manner that chapter 6 or chapter 8 permits.[1.1]
To acknowledge a deed means to state formally that signing it was your own free act and deed. An agent, such as someone acting under a power of attorney, can do this for the grantor.
Under Section 47-5(a) of the Conn. Gen. Stat., every conveyance of land must be in writing, and a grantor who is a natural person signs it with their own hand or mark, with or without a seal, or through an agent whose power was executed, acknowledged and witnessed in the manner provided for conveyances. A grantor that is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership signs through a duly authorized person.[1.3]
Connecticut also requires two witnesses, who attest the deed with their own hands (Section 47-5(a)).[1.4]
The deed must include the grantee's current mailing address (Section 47-5).[1.5]
Under Section 47-10 of the Conn. Gen. Stat., a conveyance does not hold land against anyone but the grantor and the grantor's heirs, unless it is recorded on the records of the town in which the land lies. In plain words, recording is what protects the grantee against everyone else.[1.2]
The deed is recorded by the town clerk of the town where the land lies, who keeps that town's land records (Sections 47-10 and 7-24 of the Conn. Gen. Stat.).[3.1]
The town clerk charges a recording fee set by Section 7-34a of the Conn. Gen. Stat.[3.2]
Section 47-36g of the Conn. Gen. Stat. gives a set meaning to the words "with quitclaim covenants" in a conveyance of real property. Those words carry the releasor's promise to the releasee.
Neither the releasor nor anyone claiming under the releasor will later claim or demand any right or title to the premises or any part of them. Each of them is excluded and forever barred from the premises, except as set forth in the deed.[2.2]
The FormsPal form for Connecticut has blanks for the parties, the property, the consideration and the signatures. Work through the numbered parts below in the order they appear on the form. After you download the PDF, you can fill it in on screen with our PDF editor, or print it and write by hand.
Gather these details before you start:
With those details at hand, work through the parts in order.
Once the deed is signed and acknowledged, record it as described in the recording section above.
This section answers the question readers ask first, using the Connecticut statutes cited above. For a particular property, a title problem or a deed that has special terms, ask a Connecticut real estate attorney.
A quitclaim deed passes whatever interest the grantor holds in the property described to the grantee, without any covenants of title. In Connecticut, a deed entitled "Quitclaim Deed" has that effect once it is duly executed. It may also be used as a release of a mortgage, attachment, judgment lien or any other interest in real property.[2.1]
Unless noted otherwise, the sources below are from the Conn. Gen. Stat.
