Tolland County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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Tolland 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.
Tolland County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide
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Tolland 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
Andover Town Clerk
Andover, Connecticut 06232
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:15 to 4:00; Tue until 7:00; Fri closed
Phone: (860) 742-7305
Bolton Town Clerk
Bolton, Connecticut 06043
Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu 8:30 to 4:00; Tue until 6;30; Fri 8:30 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 649-8066
Columbia Town Clerk
Columbia, Connecticut 06237
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 4:00; Thu 8:00 to 6:00; Fri 8:00 to 12:00
Phone: (860) 228-3284
Coventry Town Clerk
Coventry, Connecticut 06238
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 6:30; Fri 8:30 to 1:30
Phone: (860) 742-7966
Ellington Town Clerk
Ellington, Connecticut 06029
Hours: Mon 8:30 to 6:00; Tue-Thu 8:30 to 4:00; Fri 8:30 to 1:30 / Recording ends 30 mins prior to closing Mon & Fri, 15 mins prior Tue-Thu
Phone: (860) 870-3105
Hebron Town Clerk
Hebron, Connecticut 06248
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 4:00; Thu 8:00 to 6:00; Fri 8:00 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 228-5971
Mansfield Town Clerk
Storrs, Connecticut 0628
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:15 to 4:30; Thu 8:15 to 6:30; Fri 8:00 to 12:00
Phone: (860) 429-3302
Somers Town Clerk
Somers, Connecticut 06071
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 5:00; Thu 8:00 to 6:30; Fri closed
Phone: (860) 763-8207, 8206
Stafford Town Clerk
Stafford Springs, Connecticut 06076
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 4:30; Thu 8:00 to 6:30; Friday closed
Phone: (860) 684-1765
Tolland Town Clerk
Tolland, Connecticut 06084
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 4:30; Thu 8:00 to 7:30; Fri closed
Phone: (860) 871-3630
Union Town Clerk
Union, Connecticut 06076
Hours: Tue-Thu 9:00 to 12:00; Wed also 1:00 to 3:00
Phone: (860) 684-3770
Vernon Town Clerk
Vernon, Connecticut 06066
Hours: Mon-Wed 8:30 to 4:30; Thu 8:30 to 7:00; Fri 8:30 to 1:00
Phone: (860) 870-3662
Willington Town Clerk
Willington, Connecticut 06279
Hours: Mon 12:30 to 7:30; Tue-Fri 9:00 to 2:00
Phone: (860) 487-3121
Recording Tips for Tolland County:
- Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
- Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
- Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
- Have the property address and parcel number ready
Cities and Jurisdictions in Tolland County
Properties in any of these areas use Tolland County forms:
- Amston
- Andover
- Bolton
- Columbia
- Coventry
- Ellington
- Hebron
- Mansfield Center
- Mansfield Depot
- Somers
- Somersville
- South Willington
- Stafford
- Stafford Springs
- Staffordville
- Storrs Mansfield
- Tolland
- Vernon Rockville
- Willington
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Tolland County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Tolland 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 Tolland County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Tolland 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 Tolland 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 Tolland County?
Recording fees in Tolland County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (860) 742-7305 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 Tolland 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 Tolland County.
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