Santa Cruz County Quitclaim Deed (Joint and Community Property Grantors) Form

An Arizona quitclaim deed passes whatever interest the grantors hold and promises nothing about the title. This form prepares that deed under A.R.S. Section 33-402 for two grantors who join in one conveyance, the pattern that fits a married couple holding community real property and other pairs of co-owners.

What a Quitclaim Conveys, and What It Leaves Out

The difference between an Arizona quitclaim and a warranty deed is the words on the page, not a separate statute. A.R.S. Section 33-402 lists the quitclaim form, the plain conveyance form, and the conveyance with warranty, which is the same conveyance plus the words "and I warrant the title against all persons whomsoever." A quitclaim uses the operative phrase quit claim all interest and adds none of those warranty words, so it carries the grantors' present interest to the grantee and makes no promise that the grantors own anything or that the title is free of other claims. That is why the quitclaim is the deed that appears between family members, on transfers that add or remove a person from title, on transfers into a revocable trust, and on instruments meant to release a possible claim.

Why Two Grantors, and Why Both Must Sign

Arizona is a community property state. Under A.R.S. Section 25-211, property a spouse acquires during marriage is presumed community property, and under A.R.S. Section 25-214 both spouses must join in any disposition of an interest in community real property. A quitclaim of community real property is a disposition, so both spouses sign and acknowledge; a conveyance signed by only one spouse is voidable by the spouse who did not join. The form also serves two co-owners who are not married, such as siblings or a parent and an adult child holding as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants in common under A.R.S. Section 33-431. A block near the top records how the grantors already hold title, so the deed states the existing vesting before it conveys it, and a separate block states how the grantee will take title.

The Affidavit of Property Value Step

A deed that evidences a transfer of title in Arizona does not record alone. A.R.S. Section 11-1133 requires a completed Affidavit of Property Value, Department of Revenue Form 82162, and the recorder turns the deed away without it unless the deed claims an exemption. A.R.S. Section 11-1134 lists the exemptions, among them a quitclaim for no monetary consideration, a gift, and a transfer into the grantors' own trust, and the deed shows the exemption on its face beneath the legal description in the form A.R.S. 11-1134 followed by the code. The form carries a block for that notation, and the completed example uses the trust transfer exemption.

Signing, Notarizing, and Recording

Each grantor signs before a notary, and the form provides a separate acknowledgment certificate for each, so the two may appear on different dates or before different notaries. The deed is recorded with the recorder of the county where the property sits; recording is what protects the conveyance against later purchasers and creditors under A.R.S. Sections 33-411 and 33-412, while the deed is already binding between the parties on delivery. The form is sized within the A.R.S. Section 11-480 page and type standards and reserves the top of the first page for the recorder. A note on timing: effective September 12, 2026, Arizona will require a signer's thumbprint in the notary journal for a quitclaim deed and a photo identification for a document recorded in person, under 2026 Senate Bill 1479.

The package includes the blank deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example built on a realistic Maricopa County fact pattern, and a plain language guide that walks through every numbered section and explains where each entry comes from. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.