Santa Cruz County Special Warranty Deed (Two Grantors) Form

One Arizona deed, two grantors: this configuration of the Arizona Special Warranty Deed is arranged for exactly two record owners who join in a single conveyance, each with a dedicated signature block and a dedicated acknowledgment certificate. The instrument carries the limited warranty Arizona practice builds from the "other words of warranty" that A.R.S. 33-402(3) permits, a promise that reaches claims arising by, through, or under the two grantors, and none other.

Two Signature Blocks, Two Acknowledgment Certificates

The form recites Grantor 1 and Grantor 2 by full legal name, marital status, and mailing address, and gives each one a signature line paired with a notary certificate of that grantor's own. The paired certificates mean the two owners are not tied to a single signing appointment: one grantor may acknowledge in Phoenix on a Tuesday and the other in a different county, or a different state, days later, with each certificate completed by the officer who took that acknowledgment and each standing on its own. Arizona's short form certificate under A.R.S. 41-265 can name one or more signers in a single certificate; the two-certificate arrangement is how this form organizes that law around two people with separate calendars. The form recites exactly two record owners: a conveyance by a sole owner, by three or more co-owners, or by a trustee follows a different pattern than the one this deed recites.

Co-Ownership Patterns Behind a Two-Grantor Deed

Two heirs who took a parent's house in equal undivided shares, co-investors who bought a rental parcel together, and a married couple conveying community real property all appear in Arizona's records as two grantors on one deed. The marital pattern carries its own statutory footing: A.R.S. 25-214(C)(1) requires both spouses to join in a transaction disposing of an interest in community real property, so spouses selling a community parcel sign as the two grantors this form provides for. The party sections collect the marital status recitals and the grantee's vesting words, and the guide describes each ownership form Arizona recognizes for the receiving side, from tenancy in common to community property with right of survivorship.

A Warranty Measured by the Grantors' Own Time on Title

Section 10 of the form conveys the property with the statutory verb of A.R.S. 33-402 and warrants the title only against persons claiming by, through, or under the grantors. Anything that entered the chain before the two grantors took title falls outside the covenant, which is why the instrument appears where sellers answer for their own period of ownership and no more. Arizona buyers and sellers sometimes call the same instrument a limited warranty deed; the operative promise is identical. The exceptions section marks the promise's other boundary, listing the recorded matters and current taxes the conveyance is expressly subject to.

Presented for Recording the Arizona Way

The deed is built to A.R.S. 11-480: a caption naming the instrument, 10 point minimum type, letter size pages, and a first page whose top two inches stay clear for the county recorder, with the recording-request and return-address blocks placed in the left 3.5 inches the statute permits them to occupy. A nonexempt transfer is presented with a completed Affidavit of Property Value, a state form prepared separately and not included in this package, while an exempt transfer instead carries its A.R.S. 11-1134 exemption code on the face of the deed beneath the legal description; the form carries a line for that code. The statewide recording fee is $30 under A.R.S. 11-475. Beginning September 12, 2026, Arizona's new recording-fraud law adds a photo identification check for in-person recording and a notary journal thumbprint for deeds, changes the guide presents with their effective date.

The download delivers this two-grantor Arizona special warranty deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing two Maricopa County owners conveying to one buyer, and a plain-language guide to every section, the signing formalities, and the recording steps. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.