Apache County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Form

This Arizona quitclaim deed does its work by pointing at another deed. It is a corrective quitclaim deed: the grantor who signed a deed already of record signs again, the new deed identifies the recorded deed by its recording date and its docket and page or instrument number, states the error, and carries the corrected content into the county record with the quitclaim words of A.R.S. Section 33-402(1). Nothing new changes hands; the conveyance that already happened is confirmed, with the mistake repaired.

The reference the recording statute requires

Arizona writes the pointing mechanism into its recording statute. Under A.R.S. Section 11-480(D), an instrument presented for recordation that modifies the provisions of a previously recorded document states the date of recordation and the docket and page of the document being modified. A correction deed is the classic instrument that rule reaches, so this form gives the reference its own numbered section: the date of the deed being corrected, its recording date, its docket and page or instrument number, and the county whose Official Records contain it, all copied from the recorder's stamp or online index. A.R.S. Section 11-461(F) treats docket and page, book and page, and instrument numbers as equivalent record locations, so the section takes whichever style the recording county uses.

What a correction recites, and who signs it

The form carries a dedicated correction section that states, in plain sentences, what the recorded deed says in error and what the correct content is, followed by the legal description as corrected and the grantee's vesting restated. The operative section then quit claims the grantor's interest to the same grantee, provides that the correction controls over the erroneous matter, and ratifies the previously recorded deed in all other respects, expressly creating no new interest and carrying no warranty of title. A lot number transposed in a legal description, a plat book or page miscopied from the source document, a grantee's name misspelled on the recorded instrument, and vesting words left out of the granting clause present the pattern this deed recites. The signers are the grantor or grantors of the recorded deed: the form carries two grantor entries, two signature blocks, and two acknowledgment certificates on the A.R.S. Section 41-265 short form, so spouses who conveyed community real property together re-execute together, and a single grantor leaves the second blocks blank. The form is not set up as a vehicle for adding a grantee or changing the terms of the transaction; a transfer that changes the substance is a new conveyance rather than a correction.

Exemption code B2, on the face of the deed

The Affidavit of Property Value that rides with most Arizona title transfers stays home here. A.R.S. Section 11-1134(B)(2) exempts a transfer of title that confirms or corrects a deed that was previously recorded, and Section 11-1134(C) requires the specific exemption to be noted on the face of the instrument at recording. The form positions the notation line under the property description, in the Department of Revenue style the completed example shows: A.R.S. 11-1134 B2. With that notation the deed records for the flat thirty dollar fee of Section 11-475, which already folds in the two dollar transfer fee; without it, Section 11-1133(C) directs the recorder to refuse a deed arriving with neither notation nor affidavit.

Recording the correction

The corrective deed is recorded in the same county as the deed it corrects, drafted to the A.R.S. Section 11-480 format standards, with a caption, ten point or larger type, and a reserved first page top area whose left portion carries the requesting party and return address. Once the instrument is accepted, Section 11-480(E) shields it from later format based invalidity claims. Corrections notarized on or after September 12, 2026 also pick up the state's anti-fraud act: a thumbprint in the notary journal for deed signers and photo identification for in-person recording.

The download includes the blank corrective deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example correcting a transposed lot number on a Mesa parcel recorded in Maricopa County, and a section by section guide covering the prior deed reference, the correction statement, the exemption notation, signing, and recording. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.