Santa Cruz County Quitclaim Deed (Individual Grantor) Form

An Arizona quitclaim deed turns on a single idea: the grantor releases whatever right, title, interest, or claim the grantor may have in the property, if any, and promises nothing about it. The operative words come straight from the statutory form in A.R.S. Section 33-402, where the grantor does "quit claim all my interest" in the described property. Those words, rather than the warranty language the same statute allows for other deeds, are what make this a quitclaim. This is the individual version of that deed, for one person releasing whatever interest, if any, that person has in Arizona real property.

What "no warranty" actually means

The conveyance and warranty forms in Section 33-402 let a grantor stand behind the title. The quitclaim form deliberately does not: it makes no representation that the grantor owns the property, no promise that the grantor's interest is valid, no promise that the title is free of liens, and no promise to defend against a competing claim. The grantee receives whatever present interest the grantor has, if any, as it stands on the date of the deed, and takes the property subject to whatever matters of record exist. That is why the quitclaim is so often the tool among people who already trust the underlying title or who simply want to release a possible claim: spouses adjusting how they hold a home, a parent moving property to a child, an owner releasing a possible interest, or a co-owner stepping off title. Arizona title companies routinely accept quitclaim deeds.

The Arizona pieces that make it recordable

A quitclaim deed does its legal work the moment it is executed and delivered, transferring whatever interest the grantor has, if any, between the parties at that time. Recording does not make that lifetime transfer effective between the parties; it protects the grantee against later buyers and creditors and is required for proper recordation. The deed is signed by the grantor and acknowledged before a notary, and under A.R.S. Sections 33-411 and 33-412 an unrecorded deed has no effect against a later purchaser for value without notice. The form follows the A.R.S. Section 11-480 recording requirements: a caption naming the instrument, ten point type, letter size paper, and a two inch top margin on the first page reserved for the recorder. It is recorded with the recorder of the county where the property sits.

Consideration, exemptions, and the value affidavit

Most Arizona deeds that transfer title reach the recorder with an Affidavit of Property Value, Department of Revenue Form 82162, attached. A.R.S. Section 11-1134 exempts a long list of transfers, including a quitclaim executed for no monetary consideration, a gift, and a transfer between spouses or between parent and child for no or nominal consideration. When a transfer is exempt, the deed carries an on-face exemption notation beneath the legal description, in the style A.R.S. 11-1134 B10, and no affidavit is appended. The completed example uses code B10, the exemption for a transfer from one spouse or both spouses to both spouses to create community property with right of survivorship. The form gives that notation its own section, so an exempt family transfer records cleanly.

How it sits among Arizona deeds

Because Arizona is a community property state, a conveyance of community real property is signed by both spouses under A.R.S. Section 25-214, while a married owner conveying sole and separate property signs alone. This single grantor form describes the latter and any other sole signer; a two spouse conveyance of community property uses a joint grantor deed. The package includes the blank fillable deed, a completed Maricopa County example, three images, and a section by section guide. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.