Houston County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

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Houston County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

Houston County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) form formatted to comply with all Alabama recording and content requirements.

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Houston County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Guide

Houston County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) form.

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Houston County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Document

Houston County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Document

Example of a properly completed Alabama Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/27/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Houston County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Probate Office: Recording

Address:
462 N Oates St, 2nd floor / PO Box 6404
Dothan, Alabama 36303 / 36302

Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F

Phone: (334) 677-4723

Recording Tips for Houston County:
  • Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
  • Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
  • Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
  • White-out or correction fluid may cause rejection
  • Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates

Cities and Jurisdictions in Houston County

Properties in any of these areas use Houston County forms:

  • Ashford
  • Columbia
  • Cottonwood
  • Cowarts
  • Dothan
  • Gordon
  • Pansey
  • Webb

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Houston County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Houston County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Houston County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Houston County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Houston County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Houston County?

Recording fees in Houston County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (334) 677-4723 for current fees.

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The grantee name on this deed is followed by a capacity. The Alabama Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) releases Alabama real property from one individual owner of record to a person who takes as trustee, and Section 2 collects four facts about that side: the trustee's name and mailing address, the name of the trust, and the date of the trust instrument. No covenant or warranty of title travels with the release.

Why the grantee blank takes four entries

A deed handing land to a trustee has to say whose hands those are and in what capacity. The operative section states that the grantee takes as trustee and not individually, under the trust identified in Section 2, and it runs the release to the successor trustees serving under that trust. Ala. Code Section 19-3B-401 frames it the same way, listing a transfer of property to another person as trustee among the methods by which a trust is created, and Ala. Code Section 19-3B-816(a) describes the trustee's authority to collect trust property and accept additions to it.

Configured for one owner of record and one trustee

Section 1 takes a single grantor's name, mailing address, and marital status; Section 9 carries one signature line; and one acknowledgment certificate closes the instrument. An owner who signed a revocable living trust and later moves the residence into the trustee's name, an owner deeding a parcel to the trustee of a family trust that already holds the adjoining acreage, and an owner who took title individually after the trust was signed present the pattern this deed recites. Where the settlor is also the trustee, one person appears in both sections. The form is not set up for two owners releasing together, for an entity grantor, or for a grantee taking title individually; a married grantor's homestead transfer raises the two signature condition of Ala. Code Section 6-10-3, which this configuration does not carry and which the deed prints in capital letters.

Release words, and the status line Alabama asks for

A deed executed after July 21, 1972 is not accepted for record unless it recites the marital status of each individual grantor (Ala. Code Section 35-4-73), so that entry sits in Section 1 of this deed. Because Ala. Code Section 35-4-271 reads covenants of seisin, freedom from encumbrances, and quiet enjoyment into the words grant, bargain, and sell, this deed omits them, uses remise, release, quitclaim, and convey, and states expressly that no Section 35-4-271 covenant arises. What reaches the trust is the interest the grantor holds at delivery, with liens and easements of record riding along.

What stays with the trustee rather than the deed

The trust instrument does not travel to the probate office. Ala. Code Section 35-4-257 addresses the separate act of recording an instrument that creates or declares a trust; this deed names the trust and its date, leaving the terms where the settlor put them. When a buyer or lender later deals with the trustee, Ala. Code Section 19-3B-1013 supplies the certification of trust a trustee may furnish instead, listing facts such as the date of execution, whether the trust is revocable, and the name in which title to trust property may be taken. That certification is prepared separately and is no part of this package.

Recording in the county where the land lies

The signed and notarized deed goes to the judge of probate of that county, and recording is what puts the trustee ahead of a later purchaser, mortgagee, or judgment creditor without notice (Ala. Code Section 35-4-90). The probate judge collects the recordation tax that Ala. Code Section 40-22-1 measures against the value of the interest conveyed, along with Alabama's sales value information on Department of Revenue Form RT-1, a state form completed at recording and not part of the deed. Page one keeps its upper three inches clear for the stamp, and the preparer endorsement of Ala. Code Sections 35-4-110 and 35-4-113 is printed in the deed's text.

Searches for this instrument run to quit claim deed, quick claim deed, and deed into trust. The download delivers this Alabama quitclaim deed as a blank fillable PDF, with a completed example worked through a Montgomery County transfer into a revocable living trust and a guide covering every entry, the trustee capacity language, and the certificate. Nothing here is legal advice: these pages set out Alabama law generally, and an Alabama attorney can weigh it against a particular trust and chain of title.

Important: Your property must be located in Houston County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) meets all recording requirements specific to Houston County.

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