Arizona Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee)

Arizona reads a deed to a trustee differently than a deed to anyone else. Under A.R.S. Section 33-404, a conveyance to a grantee described as a trustee discloses the names and addresses of the trust beneficiaries and identifies the trust, or points to a recorded document containing that disclosure; a conveyance recorded without it is voidable by the other party for two years. This quitclaim deed is built around that requirement, pairing the statutory quitclaim language with a dedicated trust identification and beneficiary disclosure section.

The statutory quitclaim, applied to trust funding

A.R.S. Section 33-402(1) supplies Arizona's quitclaim form: for a stated consideration, the grantor quit claims all of the grantor's interest in the described property. No covenant or warranty attaches unless warranty words are added, and this form adds none. That posture matches the transaction the form most often documents: an owner conveying real property to the trustee of a revocable living trust. The grantor and the trustee are frequently the same person in two capacities, and the interest moves from individual into fiduciary ownership under the trust instrument. Under A.R.S. Section 33-1104(C), a transfer to the trustee of a revocable trust in which the settlor keeps the power to administer and revoke is not an abandonment of the homestead exemption.

The disclosure that makes a trustee deed complete

Section 33-404 leaves a drafting choice, and the form carries both paths: a box for beneficiary names and addresses, and an optional line referring to a recorded instrument that contains the disclosure. For a revocable living trust during the settlor's life, the beneficiary entry is commonly the settlor, which is what the completed example shows. Interests acquired for value are protected even where a disclosure was missing, but the two year voidability window is why the section sits on the face of the form.

One notation instead of a transfer tax

Arizona has no deed transfer tax; recording an ordinary instrument costs a flat thirty dollars under A.R.S. Section 11-475, with a two dollar transfer fee folded in. What the recorder does check is the Affidavit of Property Value. A deed transferring title is refused without a completed affidavit unless its face carries an A.R.S. Section 11-1134 exemption notation, and a person to trustee transfer for only nominal actual consideration is exemption B8. The form places the notation line exactly where the Department of Revenue instructions put it, beneath the legal description, and the completed example shows the entry: A.R.S. 11-1134 B8.

Signing and recording

The grantor signs before a notary; Arizona requires acknowledgment and no witnesses, and the form carries the short form certificate of A.R.S. Section 41-265. Beginning September 12, 2026, a notary taking a deed acknowledgment also records the signer's thumbprint in the notary journal under the state's 2026 anti-fraud act. The deed is recorded with the county recorder of the county where the property is located, on pages that meet the format rules of A.R.S. Section 11-480.

The download includes the fillable blank deed, a completed example documenting a Maricopa County trust funding transfer, and a section by section guide to every entry, from the marital status recital to the exemption notation. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.