Hartford County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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Hartford County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) form formatted to comply with all Connecticut recording and content requirements.
Hartford County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide
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Where to Record Your Documents
Avon Town Clerk
Avon, Connecticut 06001
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30; Summer: Mon-Thu 8:00 to 4:45 & Fri 8:00 to 12:30
Phone: (860) 409-4311
Berlin Town Clerk
Berlin, Connecticut 06037
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 7:00; Fri 8:30 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 828-7036
Bloomfield Town Clerk
Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:00
Phone: (860) 769-3507
Bristol City Clerk
Bristol, Connecticut 06010
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 5:00
Phone: (860) 584-6200
Burlington Town Clerk
Burlington, Connecticut 06013
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:00 to 4:00; Fri 8:00 to 12:30
Phone: (860) 673-6789 Ext 2
Canton Town Clerk
Collinsville, Connecticut 06022
Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu 8:15 to 4:30; Wed 8:15 to 6:45; Fri 8:15 to 12:00
Phone: (860) 693-7870
East Granby Town Clerk
East Granby, Connecticut 06026
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00; Fri 8:00 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 653-6528
East Hartford Town Clerk
East Hartford, Connecticut 06108
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 291-7230
East Windsor Town Clerk
Broad Brook, Connecticut 06016-0213
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 7:00; Friday 8:30 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 292-8255
Enfield Town Clerk
Enfield, Connecticut 06082
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:00
Phone: (860) 253-6440
Farmington Town Clerk
Farmington, Connecticut 06032
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30 / Recording until 4:15
Phone: (860) 675-2380
Glastonbury Town Clerk
Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033-6523
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 652-7616
Granby Town Clerk
Granby, Connecticut 06035
Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed 8:00 to 4:00; Thu 8:00 to 6:30; Fri 8:00 to 12:30
Phone: (860) 844-5308
Hartford Town and City Clerk
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:15 to 4:45
Phone: (860) 757-9749
Hartland Town Clerk
East Hartland, Connecticut 06027
Hours: Mon-Wed 10:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00
Phone: (860) 653-0285
Manchester Town Clerk
Manchester, Connecticut 06045-0191
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 5:00 / Recording until 4:45
Phone: (860) 647-3037
Marlborough Town Clerk
Marlborough, Connecticut 06447
Hours: Call for hours
Phone: (860) 295-6206
New Britain Town Clerk
New Britain, Connecticut 06051
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:15 to 3:45 / last Thu of month until 6:45
Phone: (860) 826-3347 & 3349
Newington Town Clerk
Newington, Connecticut 06111
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 665-8545
Plainville Town Clerk
Plainville, Connecticut 06062
Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed 8:00 to 4:00; Thu 8:00 to 7:00; Fri 8:00 to 12:00
Phone: (860) 793-0221 Ext 246, 247, 248
Rocky Hill Town Clerk
Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 258-2705
Simsbury Town Clerk
Simsbury, Connecticut 06070
Hours: Mon 8:30 to 7:00; Tue-Thu: 8:30 to 4:30; Fri 8:30 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 658-3243
Southington Town Clerk
Southington, Connecticut 06489
Hours: Mon-Wed & Fri 8:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 7:00
Phone: (860) 276-6211
South Windsor Town Clerk
South Windsor, Connecticut 06074
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 644-2511 Ext 226 & 227
Suffield Town Clerk
Suffield, Connecticut 06078
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:00 to 4:30; Fri: 8:00 to 1:00 / Recording until 4:00 and 12:30 respectively
Phone: (860) 668-3880
West Hartford Town Clerk
West Hartford, Connecticut 06107
Hours: Mon & Wed 8:30 to 4:30; Tue 7:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 7:00; Fri 8:30 to 12:00 / Recording until 15 mins before closing
Phone: (860) 561-7430
Wethersfield Town Clerk
Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 721-2880
Windsor Town Clerk
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 5:00
Phone: (860) 285-1902
Windsor Locks Town Clerk
Windsor Locks, Connecticut 06096
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 4:00; Thu 8:00 to 6:00; Fri 8:00 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 627-1441 Ext 312
Recording Tips for Hartford County:
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
- Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
- Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
- Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count
- Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
Cities and Jurisdictions in Hartford County
Properties in any of these areas use Hartford County forms:
- Avon
- Berlin
- Bloomfield
- Bristol
- Broad Brook
- Burlington
- Canton
- Canton Center
- Collinsville
- East Berlin
- East Glastonbury
- East Granby
- East Hartford
- East Hartland
- East Windsor
- East Windsor Hill
- Enfield
- Farmington
- Glastonbury
- Granby
- Hartford
- Manchester
- Marion
- Marlborough
- Milldale
- New Britain
- Newington
- North Canton
- North Granby
- Plainville
- Plantsville
- Poquonock
- Rocky Hill
- Simsbury
- South Glastonbury
- South Windsor
- Southington
- Suffield
- Tariffville
- Unionville
- Weatogue
- West Granby
- West Hartford
- West Hartland
- West Simsbury
- West Suffield
- Wethersfield
- Windsor
- Windsor Locks
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Hartford County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Hartford County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.
Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Hartford County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Hartford County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.
Can I reuse these forms?
Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Hartford County you only need to order once.
What do I need to use these forms?
The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.
Are there any recurring fees?
No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.
How much does it cost to record in Hartford County?
Recording fees in Hartford County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (860) 409-4311 for current fees.
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Hold something back in a Connecticut deed and the words describing it decide how much stays behind. Section 47-36k of the General Statutes provides that a conveyance or reservation of real property reserves an estate in fee simple unless otherwise expressly limited in the deed or reservation, so a reservation that never states its own term reserves everything. This deed is built on that sentence: one individual owner conveys a parcel of Connecticut land and reserves a life estate in printed words carrying a stated term.
The words that keep a reservation from swallowing the grant
Section 47-36b provides that a conveyance under the deed forms chapter passes the grantor's whole interest absolutely, unless otherwise expressly limited in estate, condition, use or trust, and where so limited, conveys the property for the estate declared. Section 47-36f leaves the quitclaim the same room, reaching all the releasor's right, title and interest except as otherwise limited therein.
Section 9 of this form states that limit instead of assuming it: the reservation runs for the term of the grantor's natural life, the estate conveyed is the remainder interest, and the remainder becomes a present possessory estate when the life estate ends, and Section 11 carries it again inside the operative sentence.
What a life use deed moves now and what it keeps
Buyers search this arrangement as a life estate deed or a life use deed. The remainder interest passes to the grantee once the deed is delivered and recorded, while possession and use stay with the grantor for life. Nothing further is signed at the end: the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research, in report 2013-R-0312, states that when the life tenant dies full ownership passes to the remainderman without probate, and that the life tenant bears ownership costs during the life tenancy.
The retained estate carries duties. Section 52-563 makes the holder of a life estate created by the act of the parties liable to the party injured for waste beyond what a life tenant created by operation of law may commit, unless the instrument creating the interest expressly authorized the acts complained of. That exception is why Section 10 accepts additional provisions, where repair, insurance, and tax arrangements between the two sides appear.
A release, and one narrow promise
The conveyance rides on the short form of Section 47-36c, and the heading carries the Statutory Form entitlement. Section 47-36g supplies the only promise traveling with it: the releasor, and anyone claiming under the releasor, will not later claim any right or title to the premises, except as set forth in the deed. Title covenants are absent under Section 47-36f, so a recorded mortgage or easement continues untouched.
How this form is configured
Twelve numbered sections take the grantor, the grantee with a blank for the manner of holding title where two or more take, the grantee mailing address Section 47-5(b) calls for, the consideration, the town, the legal description, the source of title, the encumbrances, the reservation, and the conveyance in the statutory words. Execution runs to one grantor signature line, two subscribing witness lines, and one certificate tracking the individual short form of Section 1-34. An owner deeding a longtime home to two adult children while keeping the right to live there for life, and an owner conveying a two family house to a nephew while holding a life use, present the pattern this deed recites. Two record owners produce two executions, a reservation to someone other than the grantor states a different limitation, and an entity or fiduciary grantor recites an authority this form does not carry.
What the town clerk collects
Connecticut keeps land records in the towns, so the deed reaches the clerk of the town where the parcel sits; under Section 47-10 it holds nothing against a third party until it is recorded there. The conveyance tax is measured by consideration, not by the value of the interest conveyed, so Section 12-498(a)(10), reaching a deed whose consideration is under two thousand dollars, is where a nominal family transfer lands. Form OP-236 reaches the clerk either way, and Section 12-497 holds a taxable deed off the record until that return is filed and the tax is paid.
The download holds three items: the deed as a blank fillable PDF, a completed example worked through all twelve sections on a Guilford fact pattern, and a plain-language guide covering the statutes behind each section, the reservation and waste provisions, and the recording steps. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Hartford County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) meets all recording requirements specific to Hartford County.
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