New London County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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New London 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.
New London County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide
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New London County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Document
Example of a properly completed Connecticut Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Bozrah Town Clerk
Bozrah, Connecticut 06334
Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00 to 4:00; Thu 9:00 to 6:00; Fri closed
Phone: (860) 889-2689 Ext 201
Colchester Town Clerk
Colchester, Connecticut 06415
Hours: Mon-Wed & Fri 8:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 7:00
Phone: (860) 537-7215, 7217, 7218
East Lyme Town Clerk
Niantic, Connecticut 06357
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (860) 739-6931 Ext 120
Franklin Town Clerk
Franklin, Connecticut 06254
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30 to 3:00; Tue eve 6:00 to 8:00
Phone: (860) 642-7352 Ext 18
Griswold Town Clerk
Jewett City, Connecticut 06351
Hours: Call for hours
Phone: (860) 376-7060 Ext 101
Groton Town Clerk
Groton, Connecticut 06340
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30 / some Thursdays 9:00 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 441-6642
Lebanon Town Clerk
Lebanon, Connecticut 06249
Hours: Mon, Thu, Fri 8:00 to 4:00; Tue 8:00 to 6:00; Wed closed
Phone: (860) 642-2011
Ledyard Town Clerk
Ledyard, Connecticut 06339-1511
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30 / Recording until 4:15
Phone: (860) 464-3257
Lisbon Town Clerk
Lisbon, Connecticut 06351
Hours: Mon-Thu 9:00 to 3:00; Wed eve 6:00 to 8:00; Fri 9:00 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 376-2708
Lyme Town Clerk
Lyme, Connecticut 06371
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (860) 434-7733
Montville Town Clerk
Uncasville, Connecticut 06382
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 848-6784
New London City Clerk
New London, Connecticut 06320
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00 / Recording until 3:45
Phone: (860) 447-5204
North Stonington Town Clerk
North Stonington, Connecticut 06359
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (860) 535-2877 Ext 21, 32, or 37
Norwich Town Clerk
Norwich, Connecticut 06360-4431
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (860) 823-3732
Old Lyme Town Clerk
Old Lyme, Connecticut 06371
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00
Phone: (860) 434-1605 Ext 221
Preston Town Clerk
Preston, Connecticut 06365
Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri 9:00 to 4:30; Thu 9:00 to 6:30
Phone: 860-887-5581 Ext 111, 102, and 106
Salem Town Clerk
Salem, Connecticut 06420
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 5:00; Thu 8:00 to 6:00; Fri closed
Phone: (860) 859-3873 Ext 7, 170, 180
Sprague Town Clerk
Baltic, Connecticut 06330
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:00 to 4:30; Wed until 5:30
Phone: (860) 822-3000 Ext 220
Stonington Town Clerk
Stonington, Connecticut 06378
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (860) 535-5060
Voluntown Town Clerk
Voluntown, Connecticut 06384
Hours: Mon-Thu 9:00 to 4:00; Tue 6:00 to 8:00; Fri closed
Phone: (860) 376-4089
Waterford Town Clerk
Waterford, Connecticut 06385
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (860) 444-5831
Recording Tips for New London County:
- Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
- White-out or correction fluid may cause rejection
- Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
- Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
- If mailing documents, use certified mail with return receipt
Cities and Jurisdictions in New London County
Properties in any of these areas use New London County forms:
- Baltic
- Bozrah
- Colchester
- East Lyme
- Gales Ferry
- Gilman
- Groton
- Hadlyme
- Hanover
- Jewett City
- Lebanon
- Ledyard
- Mashantucket
- Montville
- Mystic
- New London
- Niantic
- North Franklin
- North Stonington
- North Westchester
- Norwich
- Oakdale
- Old Lyme
- Old Mystic
- Pawcatuck
- Preston
- Quaker Hill
- Salem
- South Lyme
- Stonington
- Taftville
- Uncasville
- Versailles
- Voluntown
- Waterford
- West Mystic
- Yantic
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for New London County
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Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The New London 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 New London County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in New London 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 New London 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 New London County?
Recording fees in New London County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (860) 889-2689 Ext 201 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 London 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 London County.
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