Ketchikan Gateway Borough Warranty Deed (Joint Grantors) Form

Two owners on one Alaska title can pass the whole property in a single recorded instrument, and this fillable warranty deed is set up as exactly that: an Alaska warranty deed form reciting two grantors who join, sign, and warrant the title together. The deed uses the statutory operative words of Alaska Statutes Section 34.15.030, conveys and warrants, so the conveyance carries the full covenants Alaska writes into a statutory warranty deed.

Two grantors, one warranty

The form recites exactly two grantors of record, with a separate signature block and a separate acknowledgment certificate for each. The two certificates let the grantors sign on different dates, before different notarial officers, or in different states; the completed example included with the package shows signatures taken two days apart before the same Anchorage notary. Both grantors join in one conveyance clause, so the grantee takes the whole title under a single deed rather than assembling it from two.

Two heirs passing an inherited property held as tenants in common, spouses on title together selling a home, and two co-investors closing out a shared parcel present the two-grantor record this deed recites. The form recites exactly two record owners; a sole owner's conveyance follows a one-grantor pattern, and a transfer by three or more owners carries signature counts this form is not set up as.

The covenants inside conveys and warrants

Alaska concentrates the warranty in two words. Under AS 34.15.030, a deed substantially in the statutory form, duly executed, conveys fee simple with three covenants from the grantor: lawful seisin of an indefeasible estate with the right and power to convey, freedom from encumbrances at delivery, and warranty of quiet and peaceable possession with a duty to defend the title against all claimants. The covenants bind the grantors and their heirs and personal representatives as if written out in the deed. The statutory words do real work because AS 34.15.080 implies no covenant in an Alaska conveyance; a deed that drops the statutory language drops the warranty with it. The form's exceptions section carves stated matters of record, such as patent reservations, easements, and plat notes, out of the covenants, and after-acquired title passes to the grantee by operation of law under AS 34.15.075.

Recording districts, not counties

Alaska records deeds through a statewide Recorder's Office organized into 34 recording districts, and a recordable deed identifies the district where the property is located on its face. The form carries a recording district line in its property section, along with the complete mailing addresses of the grantors and grantee and the return address block that Alaska recording law requires. Statewide fees run $20 for the first page and $5 for each additional page, and Alaska imposes no transfer tax and files no transfer declaration with a deed, so the general warranty deed and the fee are the whole recording package. The layout reserves the top two inches of the first page for the recorder and keeps every entry at or above the state's 10 point minimum type size.

What arrives in the download

The package holds the blank two-grantor deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing a realistic Anchorage Recording District conveyance from consideration through both acknowledgment certificates, and a plain language guide that walks each numbered section, the signing formalities, and recording with the state. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; an Alaska attorney can apply these statutes to a particular title.