Ketchikan Gateway Borough Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Form

The Alaska Corrective Quitclaim Deed re-executes a quitclaim conveyance that is already of record, so the public record carries the transfer as it was meant to read. The form restates the original conveyance between the same grantor and grantee, identifies the recorded deed being corrected by its serial number or book and page, and states the error and the corrected information in the body of the instrument. It is signed, acknowledged, and recorded like any Alaska conveyance, and it earns its place in the chain of title by fixing a defect the chain already contains.

A Recorded Mistake and the Instrument That Repairs It

Errors surface after recording in predictable shapes: a platted lot number typed with an extra digit, a grantee name recorded with a dropped letter, a plat number that points at the wrong survey, or a prior recording reference that identifies the wrong instrument. Left alone, a defect of that kind follows the parcel through every later search, examination, and closing. The corrective deed, sometimes searched as a correction deed or deed of correction, places a corrected version of the same conveyance on record with a plain statement of what was wrong and what is now right, so an examiner reading the chain sees both the error and its repair in one instrument.

The mechanism has a boundary. A correction restates an existing conveyance; it does not make a new one. Adding or removing a grantee, changing the substance of what was conveyed, or transferring the parcel for the first time are new conveyances, whatever title a document carries.

The Reference Alaska Law Demands From a Correcting Document

Alaska treats the link between a correcting document and the document it corrects as a recording eligibility element, not a drafting nicety. Under AS 40.17.030(a)(6), a document that corrects a document previously recorded in the state must contain a book and page reference or serial number reference to the prior recording, and the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Recorder's Office lists that reference among its minimum recording criteria. A correction offered without it is not eligible for recording, and AS 40.17.070 directs the recorder to reject a nonrecordable document and note the reason. This form builds the reference in as its own numbered section, alongside the recording date and the recording district of the prior deed.

What This Corrective Deed Carries

The form carries a dedicated section identifying the prior recorded deed, a correction section stating the error and the corrected information, and a complete corrected legal description with the recording district named as AS 40.17.030(a)(9) requires. The conveyance itself uses the operative words of the Alaska statutory quitclaim form, conveys and quitclaims all interest which the grantor has, if any (AS 34.15.040), and states that no covenant of title is made, consistent with AS 34.15.080. One grantor signature line is followed by its own acknowledgment certificate, and a conditional spousal joinder block with a second certificate stands ready for the case AS 34.15.010(b) governs, a conveyance of the family home or homestead, where husband and wife join in the deed. In other transactions the joinder block simply stays blank.

The configuration is built for re-execution by the original grantor: the grantor and grantee entries restate the parties from the prior deed, corrected where a name was the error, and the mailing address of each person who grants or acquires an interest appears with the name, as AS 40.17.030(a)(8) requires of every Alaska deed.

Signing and Recording the Correction

A conveyance must be acknowledged to be recorded in Alaska (AS 40.17.110(b)), so the grantor signs before a notary or other authorized officer, and the certificate's venue line accommodates an Alaska judicial district or an out-of-state county. The completed deed goes to the recorder's office for the recording district where the property is located, with the recording fee of 20 dollars for the first page and 5 dollars for each additional page. From its own recording, the corrected conveyance gives constructive notice of its contents under AS 40.17.080.

The download package contains the fillable corrective quitclaim deed form built to Alaska recording standards, a completed example showing a corrected plat description from start to finish, and a guide that walks through every section, the joinder rule, and the recording steps. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; an Alaska attorney can address whether a particular error calls for a correction or a new conveyance.