Cook County Quitclaim Deed (Two Grantors) Form

One Illinois quitclaim deed can carry two grantors. This form prepares that deed under 765 ILCS 5/10 for exactly two individual record owners who join in a single instrument, releasing both of their interests at once, each grantor on a separate signature line with a separate acknowledgment certificate.

Two grantors, two signatures, two certificates

The deed recites two grantors in Section 1 and conveys, in one operative sentence, all interest both of them hold at delivery. Spouses passing a shared home to an adult child, siblings conveying inherited half interests to one relative, and unmarried co-owners winding up a joint purchase present the two-grantor pattern this deed recites. Each grantor signs on a dedicated line with a printed name and date, and each signature has its own acknowledgment certificate, so the two grantors may appear before different notaries, in different counties or even different states, on whatever dates suit them. Illinois law does not require separate certificates; the statutory certificate in 765 ILCS 5/26 reaches one or more signers appearing together, and the two-certificate layout simply accommodates signers who acknowledge apart. The form is not set up as a sole-owner or entity instrument: it recites two individual record owners, no more and no fewer.

Both interests, one release

A quit claim deed under the Illinois statutory form passes whatever the grantors hold and nothing more. With two grantors joining, the whole of a co-owned title moves in a single recording: two undivided halves, a jointly held survivorship interest, or whatever mix of shares the record shows. The operative section applies the statutory convey and quit claim words to both grantors at once, states that the deed carries no covenant or warranty of title, and excludes after-acquired title unless the additional provisions section adds express words reaching it. The same optional section accepts a reservation or a co-ownership designation where the transfer runs to more than one grantee.

The homestead clause built for two signatures

Illinois homestead law is where the two-signature architecture earns its place. No deed releases or waives the homestead exemption without an express clause, under 765 ILCS 5/27, and a release or conveyance of the exempt homestead estate is valid only in a writing signed by the individual and the individual's spouse, if any, under 735 ILCS 5/12-904. When spouses convey an occupied homestead on this form, the printed release clause and the two signature lines satisfy both statutes inside the four corners of the deed. Property held in tenancy by the entirety runs on the same logic: 765 ILCS 1005/1c makes a deed of the entirety homestead effective only when both tenants sign, which is exactly the signature set this form carries. The current exemption protects $50,000 per individual interest, with proportionate shares of $100,000 where two owners share the homestead.

From completion to the recorder's counter

The deed collects the face-of-document content Illinois recorders check before accepting a conveyance, with a preparer statement, grantee address, tax bill endorsement, and return block each in its own place, and it answers the transfer tax question either way: a declaration through PTAX-203 or MyDec for a taxable transfer, or a completed exemption notation on the face of the deed for an exempt one. The completed example walks a married couple's gift of a Bloomington home to their daughter through every entry, including the exemption notation for a transfer whose actual consideration falls under $100, both acknowledgments, and the movement of the tax bill address to the new owner.

The download delivers the two-grantor quitclaim deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the entire instrument filled in for a realistic McLean County transfer, and a plain language guide covering each section, the homestead and notarization rules, and county recording steps. The materials are informational only, not legal advice; a licensed Illinois attorney can apply these statutes to a particular title or family situation.