Smith County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

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Smith County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Smith County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) form formatted to comply with all Kansas recording and content requirements.

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Smith County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

Smith County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

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Smith County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Smith County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Example of a properly completed Kansas Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) document for reference.

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Important: Your property must be located in Smith County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Smith County Register of Deeds

Address:
218 S Grant St, Suite 7
Smith Center, Kansas 66967

Hours: 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00 Mon-Fri

Phone: (785) 282-5160

Recording Tips for Smith County:
  • Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
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  • Leave recording info boxes blank - the office fills these
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Cities and Jurisdictions in Smith County

Properties in any of these areas use Smith County forms:

  • Athol
  • Cedar
  • Gaylord
  • Kensington
  • Lebanon
  • Smith Center

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Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Smith 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 Smith County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Smith 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 Smith 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 Smith County?

Recording fees in Smith County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (785) 282-5160 for current fees.

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The grantor on this Kansas quitclaim deed signs as trustee. One person fills the grantor block in that capacity, the trust holding the real estate is named and dated just below it, and the interest leaving the trust reaches the grantee without a single covenant attached. Kansas supplies the sentence that does the work in K.S.A. 58-2204; what this variant adds is the fiduciary standing of the signer, together with the trust name that a conveyance out of trust title has to carry.

Authority that lives in the trust instrument, not on the deed

A trustee's power to convey comes from the trust instrument and from the Kansas Uniform Trust Code. K.S.A. 58a-816(2) lets a trustee acquire or sell property, for cash or on credit, at public or private sale, and item 25 covers signing and delivering the instruments that carry such a power into effect. Trust title may stand in either name, and K.S.A. 58a-810(e) conditions a conveyance of property titled in the trust name on the trust name being clearly set forth in that conveyance, which is the reason Section 2 prints the name of the trust and the date of its instrument. Proof of that authority is a separate document: the acknowledged certification of trust described in K.S.A. 58a-1013, prepared separately and not included in this package. Kansas also looks after the far side of the closing table: K.S.A. 58a-1012 relieves a person other than a beneficiary, dealing in good faith and for value, of any duty to inquire into the extent of the trustee's powers.

A sale and a distribution part ways at the counter

The questionnaire regime that greets every Kansas deed treats a trustee's transfer in two different ways, because the trust entry carries a condition. Item 7 of K.S.A. 79-1437e(a) reaches a transfer of title to or from a trust, and without consideration, so a distribution of trust land to a beneficiary travels under it while a sale of the same land for a price does not. Section 10 is drawn for both answers: it takes either the exemption statement that K.S.A. 79-1437e(b) calls for on the face of the filed document, or a line stating that the completed questionnaire rides along. Kansas Department of Revenue Directive 19-041 instructs registers of deeds not to add exemption information at filing, so that entry belongs to the parties. No transfer tax applies anywhere in the state.

One trustee, one certificate, twelve sections

The form recites a single acting trustee. Twelve numbered sections run from the trustee and the trust through the grantee, the address Kansas sends to the county clerk for tax statements under K.S.A. 58-2221, what the trust receives, the property description, the vesting instrument, matters of record, and the questionnaire entry, closing with the conveyance and one signature block above a printed name line. One acknowledgment certificate follows, completed by the notarial officer. The signer may be the trustee the settlor named or a successor holding the office through K.S.A. 58a-704, as in the completed example. A trust with two acting cotrustees presents a different signing picture, since K.S.A. 58a-1013 treats the number of trustees required to sign as a matter of the terms of the particular trust, and this layout draws one signature line. The grantor side states no attorney-in-fact, executor, conservator, or business entity capacity, and the deed carries no spousal consent section for land occupied as a residence.

Interest out, encumbrances intact

A quitclaim moves the interest as it stands at delivery and nothing more. None of the covenants K.S.A. 58-2203 fastens to the words conveys and warrants appear here, so the grantee reads the condition of the title from the county record. Recording supplies what follows: under K.S.A. 58-2222 a filed instrument gives notice of its contents from the time of filing, while K.S.A. 58-2223 leaves an unrecorded one good only between the parties and persons having actual notice. The grantee entry also carries any co-ownership designation, and under K.S.A. 58-501 clear language is what marks a joint tenancy, the arrangement the example illustrates.

The download brings the fillable trustee quitclaim deed, a completed example set in Reno County where a successor trustee sells a Hutchinson house to a married couple taking as joint tenants with right of survivorship, and a guide that walks the twelve sections, the trust code provisions standing behind the signature, the notarial rules, and the trip to the register of deeds. This package describes Kansas law in general terms and is not legal advice.

Important: Your property must be located in Smith County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) meets all recording requirements specific to Smith County.

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