Santa Cruz County Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Form

An Arizona interspousal quitclaim deed carries exactly one signature line. The spouse conveying signs before a notary; the spouse receiving is the grantee, and a grantee signs nothing on an Arizona deed. Whatever interest the grantor holds, community or otherwise, crosses the marriage and lands as the grantee's sole and separate property. This form prepares that instrument under A.R.S. Section 33-402(1), with the vesting written into the conveyance clause itself.

What the single signature accomplishes

Arizona presumes property acquired by either spouse during marriage is community property under A.R.S. Section 25-211, and Section 25-214 makes disposition of community real property a two spouse act. An interspousal deed sits in a distinctive corner of that rule: the disposition runs to the other spouse, so the spouse who does not sign is the grantee the conveyance benefits, not a bystander whose joinder is missing. The operative clause quit claims all of the grantor's right, title, and interest, expressly including any community property interest, to have and to hold as the grantee's sole and separate property, the characterization A.R.S. Section 25-213 gives property a spouse acquires by gift. No covenant or warranty of title attaches.

The configuration on the page

The deed recites one grantor with a marital status recital, one grantee identified as the grantor's spouse, and a printed statement that the two are married to each other. One acknowledgment certificate follows the signature, on the Arizona short form wording of Section 41-265, and the conveyance section states the grantee's sole and separate vesting rather than leaving it to a label after a name. Two ownership patterns present this configuration in county records: a couple consolidating a co-titled home into one spouse's name, and a spouse releasing every community or other claim to property the owning spouse brought into the marriage, so the record matches the separate character the couple intends. The completed example documents the first pattern for a Glendale parcel in Maricopa County.

Exemption code B3, in the space beneath the legal description

Arizona recorders refuse a deed transferring title unless an Affidavit of Property Value accompanies it or an exemption appears on its face under A.R.S. Section 11-1134. The interspousal transfer has its own entry in that list: Section 11-1134(B)(3) covers a transfer of residential property between husband and wife for only nominal actual consideration, noted as A.R.S. 11-1134 B3 in the line this form places directly under the property description. The completed example claims exactly that code; the guide describes the neighboring codes, including the no monetary consideration quitclaim and the gift.

Separate character, stated on the record

The deed's optional provisions section carries a statement of the grantor's intent that the interest conveyed be held as the grantee's sole and separate property under A.R.S. Section 25-213, the entry the completed example shows. The conveyance clause does the legal work; the stated intent describes the character the parties assign. What the deed leaves untouched is just as definite: an existing mortgage or deed of trust rides through the transfer unchanged, and the conveying spouse's liability on the underlying note continues unless the lender releases it.

What the download includes

The form recites exactly one conveying spouse and one receiving spouse who are married to each other; a conveyance in which both spouses join to move community property out of the marriage, and a transfer carrying out a dissolution decree, each follow a different configuration this deed is not set up to recite. This download pairs the blank fillable deed with a completed Maricopa County example and a section by section guide covering signing, the notary journal thumbprint requirement arriving September 12, 2026, and recording. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.