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Fee Simple Deed Form - District Of Columbia County
Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included document last updated 3/22/2021
Fee Simple Deed Guide - District Of Columbia County
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
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Completed Example of the Fee Simple Deed Document - District Of Columbia County
Example of a properly completed form for reference.
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*The Following District Of Columbia and District Of Columbia County supplemental forms are included as a courtesy with your order.
Recordation and Transfer Tax
The Real Property Recordation and Transfer Tax Form FP/7C is required for all deeds enacting property transfer in D.C and contains instructions. The D.C. code listing exemptions from transfer tax is provided separately, as is a list with exemptions from recordation tax (ROD 7 & ROD 8). For supporting documentation required for specific tax exemptions, view the next list (ROD 4). Information on the Lower Income Homeownership Exemption Program can be seen in the final supplement, which also contains the application form for that program.
Affidavit Forms
Use these forms for particular transfer situations, such as transfers between spouses, domestic partners, (grand)parents and (grand)children, or for class 1 property.
Re-recording Certification
This form certifies that no changes have been made to the new deed except the ones that you list on this form.
Seller Property Disclosure Statement
Transferors or sellers of a property must disclose its condition to the transferees or buyers by filling out, signing and delivering to them the following form. Buyers must acknowledge receipt by signature in return.
Document Intake Sheet
This intake sheet is required when recording a document, but not when e-recording.
Notary Certificates
The supplemental forms in this section can be used as loose certificates by notaries in the district.
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Using a Fee Simple Deed in Washington, DC
Use this deed to convey property from grantor to grantee and to establish ownership in perpetuity.
In Washington, D.C., "every conveyance or devise of real estate shall be construed and held to pass a fee simple estate or other entire estate of the grantor or testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by express terms or be necessarily implied therein" (D.C. Code 42-701). The fee simple deed is used to convey property from one person to another.
According to Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed.), a fee simple deed creates the broadest property interest allowed by U.S. law. Property owned in fee simple is owned in perpetuity, until the current holder of the property dies without heirs. A property held in fee simple does not have to include words of inheritance to differentiate it from a life estate; in the event of death, a fee simple property passes to any and all heirs, unless otherwise stated in the form of the deed.
There are two types of fee simple ownership under D.C. Code 42-503: absolute and qualified. A property in fee simple absolute allows the holder the unconditional power to use, sell, lease, or will the property as he/she sees fit. A property in fee simple qualified contains specific language, such as a durational or conditional statement, which defines the use of the property.
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