Howard County Warranty Deed (Two Grantors) Form

Two names on the title, two signatures on the deed: this Arkansas warranty deed is configured for two grantors, co-owners of record who join in a single instrument and back the conveyance with general warranty covenants. The deed provides a signature line for each of the two grantors, seats the signing before two disinterested witnesses, and gives each grantor an acknowledgment certificate of their own.

Both interests move in one granting clause

Arkansas defaults co-owners to a tenancy in common under Ark. Code Ann. Section 18-12-603: each owner holds an undivided fractional interest, and a deed signed by one co-owner reaches only that owner's share. This form joins both grantors in one granting clause, so the grantee takes the entire title in a single recorded instrument rather than assembling it from a pair of half-interest conveyances. Two siblings holding undivided halves of a family parcel, and unmarried co-owners selling a house they bought together, present the two-grantor pattern this deed recites. The form recites two natural persons, each unmarried, signing personally. It is not set up as a married couple's conveyance, which implicates homestead joinder under Section 18-12-403 and the dower and curtesy consent rules of Section 28-11-301, and it is not set up for entity, trustee, or power of attorney signatures, which carry different blocks and different statutory acknowledgments.

The exact statutory words, then an express warranty

Arkansas ties its warranty covenants to precise language. Section 18-12-102(b) gives the words grant, bargain and sell the force of an express covenant of seisin in fee simple, freedom from encumbrances the grantors made or suffered, and quiet enjoyment, and the Arkansas Supreme Court reads the statute literally, holding in Chavis v. Hill that a granting clause using different wording did not carry the statutory covenants. The granting clause of this deed carries the statutory phrase exactly as written and then adds what the statute alone leaves out: an express covenant by both grantors to forever warrant and defend the title against the lawful claims of all persons, bounded only by the exceptions the deed itself states.

Two signatures, two witnesses, two certificates

Section 18-12-104 calls for execution in the presence of two disinterested witnesses, and the form carries a witness block with a printed name line for each. Below the notary line sit two acknowledgment certificates, one per grantor. Arkansas permits a single certificate to name both signers when they appear before the same officer; the separate certificates are a layout choice that lets the two grantors acknowledge on different dates, before different notaries, or in different states, a pattern that appears whenever co-owners live in different towns, and each certificate keeps its grantor's name and date in its own frame.

The grantee signs too

A distinctive Arkansas step rides at the end of the form: the transfer tax certification of Section 26-60-110, a statement signed by the grantee or the grantee's agent that documentary stamps or a documentary symbol in the correct amount accompany the instrument. The tax runs $3.30 per $1,000 of consideration on transactions over $100, and the recorder does not accept a taxable deed without stamps, the state affidavit, or this certification. Arkansas also asks for photo identification of the grantors when a deed arrives at the recording counter in person or by mail, an Act 752 of 2025 rule with exceptions for presentation through attorneys, title agents, brokers, and lenders. The first page carries the statutory preparer statement, the layout honors the letter size, margin, and reserved-space rules of Section 14-15-402(b)(1), and the statewide recording fee is $15 for the first page plus $5 for each additional page.

The download delivers three pieces: the two-grantor warranty deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing every entry for a realistic Washington County transfer from two co-owners to a single buyer, and a plain language guide covering each numbered section, the witness and acknowledgment blocks, the ways one or more grantees may hold Arkansas title, and the stamp and certification workflow at the recorder's counter. The materials describe Arkansas law generally and are not legal advice.