Santa Cruz County Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Form

One of the two signature lines on this Arizona quitclaim deed belongs to a person who may hold no interest at all. The form is drafted for a married grantor whose name stands alone on the deed of record: the grantor conveys with the quitclaim words the statute supplies, A.R.S. Section 33-402(1), while the grantor's spouse signs a joinder that quit claims to the same grantee any interest the spouse may hold. Conveyance and release travel in one instrument.

The Signature That Settles the Community Question

Record title in one name does not answer how Arizona characterizes the property. A.R.S. Section 25-211 presumes property acquired during marriage to be community, and Section 25-214(C) calls for both spouses to join in disposing of community real property; a home bought before the wedding may carry community contributions, and recitals of sole and separate ownership may rest on facts pointing the other way. Arizona case law treats a community real property transfer that one spouse never joined as voidable at that spouse's instance. The joinder line closes the question on the face of the record: however the property is characterized, both spouses have conveyed.

What the Joinder Recites

The joining spouse is not presented as a co-owner. The deed recites that the joining spouse holds no record title, joins to evidence the joinder of both spouses described in Section 25-214(C), and quit claims any interest the spouse may have, including any community interest arising under Section 25-211. The joinder conveys and releases; it promises nothing about title, and it does not recharacterize property that is separate under A.R.S. Section 25-213. The grantee receives the grantor's interest and whatever interest the spouse held, with no covenant of warranty from either signer.

How the Form Is Arranged

The instrument carries one grantor block, one joining spouse block, a grantee section with its own vesting line, and two signature lines, each with a separate certificate on the Arizona short form of A.R.S. Section 41-265, so the spouses may appear before different notaries or on different dates. A record owner deeding the family home to an adult child while the other spouse releases any community interest, and a seller whose escrow file notes a title insurer's request that both spouses execute, present the pattern this deed recites. The completed example works the first pattern through a Maricopa County parcel and claims the exemption notation A.R.S. 11-1134 B3, the code for a residential transfer between parent and child with only nominal actual consideration, on the line positioned directly under the legal description.

Neighboring Deeds in the Arizona Set

A married owner conveying sole and separate property with no second signature is the Quitclaim Deed (Individual Grantor). Spouses who both hold record title and convey together are the Quitclaim Deed (Joint and Community Property Grantors). A conveyance to or by a trustee, carrying the beneficiary disclosure of A.R.S. Section 33-404, is the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) or the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor).

The download supplies the blank deed as a fillable PDF, the completed Maricopa County example, and a guide covering every section, the joinder mechanics, the vesting choices, and recording, including the notary thumbprint and recording identification rules arriving September 12, 2026 under Laws 2026, Chapter 31. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.