Hancock County Warranty Deed (Two Grantors) Form

When two people hold record title to Maine real property, the whole title moves only when both of them convey. This Maine warranty deed is built for that two-owner sale: it recites exactly two individual grantors, carries a signature block for each, and follows each signature with its own acknowledgment certificate, so a married couple selling the family home or two co-owners closing out a shared property pass complete title to the grantee in one recorded instrument, with the full protection of Maine's statutory warranty covenants.

Two grantors, one conveyance

The form's granting section states that each grantor grants that grantor's entire interest in the property, which is what makes one deed do the work of two. The pairs that present this pattern in Maine records include spouses whose vesting deed named them as joint tenants, siblings holding an inherited property as tenants in common, and unmarried partners who bought together; in each case the two record owners join in the same instrument and the grantee takes the whole title, not a fractional share. The form is a two-grantor instrument by design: a sole owner's conveyance, and a deed by an entity, trustee, or personal representative, each follow a different configuration with different recitals.

The paired certificates are a practical feature of the layout. Each grantor acknowledges the deed before a notarial officer, and because every certificate stands on its own, the two signatures can happen on different days, in different towns, or in different states, a common shape when one co-owner has already moved away before the sale closes. Maine's recording statute, 33 M.R.S. 203, is satisfied by acknowledgment of the grantors or one of them, so the two-certificate architecture is a completeness choice of the form rather than a statutory command.

What each grantor promises

The operative sentence grants the property to the grantee with WARRANTY COVENANTS, the phrase the Maine Short Form Deeds Act loads with meaning: under 33 M.R.S. 763 and 764 those words commit the grantors to a general warranty deed's promises, seisin, freedom from undisclosed encumbrances, the right to convey, and a duty to warrant and defend the title. Both grantors make those covenants, and the deed's encumbrances section lists the recorded easements, plan restrictions, and any remaining mortgage the promises read around, so the warranty the grantee receives is defined on the face of the instrument the pair signs.

Signing details that matter at the registry

Maine indexes deeds by the names typed or printed beneath the signatures, and 33 M.R.S. 651-A makes those printed names a recording requirement, so the form pairs every signature line, including the notarial officer's, with a printed-name line. The transfer tax that the register collects at recording is imposed one half on the grantors and one half on the grantee under 36 M.R.S. 4641-A, a split worth knowing when two sellers are dividing closing costs, and the deed is ordinarily accompanied by the Maine declaration of value, which is prepared separately and presented with the deed rather than recorded as part of it. The guide walks through the declaration, the current rates, the statutory exemptions, and the registry steps in order.

Buyers searching for a Maine general warranty deed for joint owners, a husband and wife deed form, or a co-owner warranty deed form will find this download delivers the two-grantor version as a fillable PDF, together with a completed example showing the whole document filled in for a realistic Kennebec County sale and a plain-language guide to every numbered section, the signing formalities, and recording. The materials describe Maine law and the form in general terms and are not legal advice.