Arizona Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantee)

On the Arizona Warranty Deed (Trustee Grantee), the grantee line names a fiduciary: one grantor conveys Arizona real property with the full statutory warranty of title, and the person taking it holds as trustee of a trust the deed identifies by name and date. That grantee capacity brings its own statute to the closing table, because an Arizona conveyance to a trustee records with a trust disclosure on its face.

The Disclosure A.R.S. 33-404 Puts on the Deed

A.R.S. 33-404 reaches deeds and conveyances to a grantee described as trustee: the instrument discloses the names and addresses of the trust beneficiaries and identifies the trust or other agreement, or refers by document number or docket and page to a document already recorded in the county where the property is located that contains the disclosure. The consequence of silence is concrete. A conveyance recorded without the required disclosure is voidable by the other party for two years after recordation, though interests acquired for value, mortgages and deed of trust liens among them, are not impaired. This form carries the disclosure as its own numbered section, with room for either statutory path, so the deed satisfies Section 33-404 on its face rather than through a scramble at the recorder's counter.

Full Warranty, Fiduciary Grantee

The operative section does two jobs at once. It conveys the property to the grantee as trustee and not individually, vesting title in the fiduciary capacity the grantee section identifies, and it warrants the title against all persons whomsoever, the express warranty of A.R.S. 33-402(3), reinforced by the covenants A.R.S. 33-435 implies wherever a deed uses the word convey. An exceptions section marks the boundary of that promise: recorded easements, patent reservations, and current taxes entered there stand outside the warranty, and whatever goes unlisted stays within the warranty, enforceable against the grantor.

One Grantor, One Certificate, a Trust on the Receiving End

The form recites exactly one grantor and one trustee grantee. Section 1 holds the grantor's name, marital status, and address; Section 2 holds the trustee's name and address with a distinct line identifying the trust; a single signature block and one Arizona acknowledgment certificate, in the short form wording of A.R.S. 41-265, close the instrument. The ownership patterns that present this configuration in the record run from a trustee of a revocable living trust taking title to a home purchased for the trust, to a successor trustee acquiring in a sale, to a corporate fiduciary taking Arizona land for a trust it administers. The form is not set up as a conveyance of community real property, which A.R.S. 25-214(C)(1) makes a two-signer transaction, and it is not set up for a grantor who holds title as trustee, a pattern that carries the Section 33-404 disclosure on the conveying side instead.

Recording, the Affidavit, and the Trust Exemptions

The deed records in the county where the land lies, at the thirty dollar statewide fee of A.R.S. 11-475 with the two dollar transfer fee inside it. Whether an Affidavit of Property Value rides along turns on the transaction: A.R.S. 11-1134 exempts transfers from a person to a trustee for nominal or no consideration, with the exemption code noted on the line this form prints beneath the legal description, while a sale for value to the trustee reaches the recorder with the completed affidavit, a Department of Revenue form prepared and signed separately and not included in this package. Either way, the first page keeps Arizona's two inch recording band clear, carrying the requester and return entries in the left 3.5 inches the statute allots them.

The download package holds three files: the fillable deed configured for a trustee grantee, a completed example showing a Yavapai County sale to a family trust's trustee from grantor block through notary certificate, and a plain language guide covering every section, the beneficiary disclosure paths, and the recording sequence. The materials describe Arizona law in general terms and are not legal advice.