St Joseph County Quitclaim Deed (Individual Grantor) Form

This Indiana Quitclaim Deed is configured for a single individual grantor: one name in the grantor section, one signature line, and one acknowledgment certificate. The configuration matches record title standing in one person's name, with that owner passing whatever interest the record holds to the grantee named in the deed, without warranty of title.

A Deed Built Around One Name on the Title

The form recites exactly one grantor, executing in an individual capacity. Several record patterns present a lone grantor: a parcel that came to one person through a single prior deed, title that a survivorship form has already vested in the surviving owner alone, or a distribution that left one name on the county record. The form is not set up as a two grantor instrument, an entity or trustee conveyance, or a deed executed under a power of attorney; each of those patterns carries a different signature and acknowledgment architecture than this deed prints.

Marriage matters here only through title. Indiana abolished dower and curtesy (IC 29-1-2-11), and no current Indiana statute requires a spouse who is not on the title to join a sole owner's lifetime deed. Real estate titled in both spouses is presumptively held by the entireties (IC 32-17-3-1), and one spouse alone cannot effectively convey that estate, so jointly titled property calls for a deed both owners execute rather than this single signature layout.

The Measure of a Sole Grantor's Quitclaim

Indiana's statutory form, IC 32-21-1-15, works from the single operative word quitclaims, and IC 32-17-2-2 measures the effect: the deed passes all the estate the grantor could convey by a deed of bargain and sale. For a sole grantor, that measure is the grantor's own record interest at delivery, whether a full fee, a fractional share, or nothing at all. The deed in this package states that measure in its conveyance section, so the instrument reads as the quit claim deed Indiana practice expects rather than a warranty instrument with the covenants struck.

The Statements That Close an Indiana Deed

Indiana ends a recordable deed with a cluster of statutory statements, and this form prints all of them. IC 32-21-2-3(e) requires the deed to give the mailing address for property tax statements under IC 6-1.1-22-8.1 and the grantee's mailing address, and county recorder offices look for a street address or rural route rather than a post office box. IC 36-2-11-15 requires the prepared by statement and the affirmation that reads, "I affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that I have taken reasonable care to redact each Social Security number in this document, unless required by law." IC 36-2-11-16(c) adds the printed name beneath the signature, with the grantor's name reading identically in the body, the acknowledgment, and the signature block. A deed missing any of these closings is on the published rejection lists of Indiana recorder offices, so the form carries a labeled blank for each one.

From the Auditor's Stamp to the Record

An Indiana deed reaches the recorder by way of two other county offices. The sales disclosure form of IC 6-1.1-5.5 goes to the county assessor for review, with a twenty dollar auditor fee where one applies, and the county auditor then endorses the deed for taxation under IC 36-2-11-14 before the recorder may accept it. The recorder's fee for a deed is twenty five dollars statewide under IC 36-2-7-10, and Indiana imposes no state transfer tax on the recording. Recording in the county where the land lies protects the grantee's priority against later purchasers under IC 32-21-4-1.

What the Download Contains

The download delivers the fillable Indiana quitclaim deed formatted to the state recording standards, a completed example showing a single grantor conveyance recorded in Hamilton County, and a guide that walks through each section, the notarization, and the county assessor, auditor, and recorder steps. The materials describe Indiana law in general terms and are informational; they are not legal advice.