New Haven County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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New Haven County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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Ansonia Town & City Clerk
Ansonia, Connecticut 06401
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 5:00; Fri 8:30 to 1:00
Phone: (203) 736-5980
Beacon Falls Town Clerk
Beacon Falls, Connecticut 06403
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 729-8254
Bethany Town Clerk
Bethany, Connecticut 06524-3338
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 4:30; Mon eve 6:30 to 7:30
Phone: (203) 393-2100 Ext 104, 105, 106
Branford Town Clerk
Branford , Connecticut 06405
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30 / Recording 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (203) 315-0678
Cheshire Town Clerk
Cheshire, Connecticut 06410
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (203) 271-6601
Derby Town/City Clerk
Derby, Connecticut 06418
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:00
Phone: (203) 736-1462
East Haven Town Clerk
East Haven, Connecticut 06512
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 468–3201, 3202
Guilford Town Clerk
Guilford, Connecticut 06437
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 453-8001
Hamden Town Clerk
Hamden, Connecticut 06518
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:45 to 4:15
Phone: (203) 287-7028
Madison Town Clerk
Madison, Connecticut 06443
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (203) 245-5672
Meriden City Clerk
Meriden, Connecticut 06450
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 5:00
Phone: (203) 630-4030
Middlebury Town Clerk
Middlebury, Connecticut 06762
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (203) 758-2557
Milford City Clerk
Milford, Connecticut 06460
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 5:00 / Recording until 4:30
Phone: (203) 783-3210
Naugatuck Town Clerk
Naugatuck, Connecticut 06770
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00 / Recording until 3:30
Phone: (203) 720-7055
New Haven City/Town Clerk
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:00 / Recording until 4:00
Phone: (203) 946-8346
North Branford Town Clerk
North Branford , Connecticut 06471
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 484-6015
North Haven Town Clerk
North Haven, Connecticut 06473
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 239-5321 Ext 630
Orange Town Clerk
Orange, Connecticut 06477
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 891-4717, 4728, 4729, 4730
Oxford Town Clerk
Oxford, Connecticut 06478
Hours: Mon 9:00 to 7:00; Tue-Thu 9:00 to 5:00; Fri 9:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00
Phone: (203) 888-2543 Ext 3024, 3025, 3026
Prospect Town Clerk
Prospect, Connecticut 06712
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (203) 758-4461
Seymour Town Clerk
Seymour, Connecticut 06483
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:00 to 4:30; Fri 8:00 to 12:00
Phone: (203) 888-0519
Southbury Town Clerk
Southbury, Connecticut 06488
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 262-0657
Wallingford Town Clerk
Wallingford, Connecticut 06492
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:00 / Recording until 4:45
Phone: (203) 294-2145
Waterbury Town Clerk
Waterbury, Connecticut 06702
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (203) 574-6806
West Haven City Clerk
West Haven, Connecticut 06516
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 5:00
Phone: (203) 937-3535
Wolcott Town Clerk
Wolcott, Connecticut 06716
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 4:30; Thu 8:00 to 5:30; Fri 8:00 to 12:00 / Recording until 30 mins to closing
Phone: (203) 879-8100
Woodbridge Town Clerk
Woodbridge, Connecticut 06525
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00 / Recording until 3:30
Phone: (203) 389-3422
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Cities and Jurisdictions in New Haven County
Properties in any of these areas use New Haven County forms:
- Ansonia
- Beacon Falls
- Bethany
- Branford
- Cheshire
- Derby
- East Haven
- Guilford
- Hamden
- Madison
- Meriden
- Middlebury
- Milford
- Naugatuck
- New Haven
- North Branford
- North Haven
- Northford
- Orange
- Oxford
- Prospect
- Seymour
- South Britain
- Southbury
- Wallingford
- Waterbury
- West Haven
- Wolcott
- Woodbridge
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Can I reuse these forms?
Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in New Haven County you only need to order once.
What do I need to use these forms?
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Are there any recurring fees?
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How much does it cost to record in New Haven County?
Recording fees in New Haven County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (203) 736-5980 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 New Haven 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 New Haven County.
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