New Hampshire Warranty Deed

New Hampshire writes its deeds short. RSA 477:24 provides that the single word grant conveys, that no technical words of inheritance are needed, and that a fee simple passes unless a different intent clearly appears, so the weight of a New Hampshire warranty deed rests on one covenant phrase and the blanks around it. This is the open configuration of that instrument: one printed form taking one or two individual grantors on one side and one or two grantees on the other.

A short statutory form, and the phrase that carries it

RSA 477:23 sets the ground rule for New Hampshire's deed forms, stating that the statutory forms are sufficient and do not preclude other appropriate forms. RSA 477:27 supplies the warranty version. A deed in substance following it takes effect in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors and assigns, and the grantor covenants lawful seisin at delivery, freedom from all incumbrances other than those the deed states, good right to sell and convey, and warranty and defense against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. That final promise is why buyers and title examiners outside the state read this instrument as a general warranty deed: it reaches back through the chain of title rather than stopping at the grantor's own years of ownership.

One or two names on each side

The party blocks carry no preprinted status, capacity, or co-ownership language. The grantor block is four lines of open space holding one individual name or two, in the style the statutory form uses, which identifies a grantor by county and state of residence. The grantee block is the same shape, and co-ownership wording sits with the grantee names, because RSA 477:18 reads the words placed after those names in the granting clause. Two signature blocks follow, headed GRANTOR and SECOND GRANTOR (if applicable), each with its own certificate in the RSA 456-B:8 short form, so a conveyance by one person leaves the second block and its certificate empty. A sole owner conveying to a couple, two co-owners conveying to a single buyer, and an owner whose spouse signs only to release homestead rights are patterns this one printed form absorbs. It is not built for a corporation, a trustee, an attorney-in-fact, or three or more owners on either side.

The signature that has nothing to do with record title

RSA 480:5-a explains why a New Hampshire deed sometimes carries a signer who owns nothing. No deed conveys or encumbers a homestead right, apart from a purchase money mortgage taken at the moment title is acquired, unless the owner and the owner's spouse both execute it with the formalities land conveyances take. The statutory form answers that by closing with the grantor's spouse letting go of all rights of homestead and other interests, and the conveyance paragraph here carries the same language, running from every grantor and from every spouse of a grantor who signs. The dollar figures moved on January 1, 2026 under 2025 chapter 282, and the guide sets out the current amounts and the lifetime occupancy right RSA 480:3-a gives a surviving spouse.

Three things the register checks, and the tax that arrives with them

Deed acceptance in New Hampshire sits in one short section. Under RSA 478:4-a a register of deeds does not take a deed for filing unless it gives the latest mailing address of every grantee, names the municipality or municipalities in the opening sentence of the first description paragraph, and shows each party signer's name typed or printed beneath the signature. All three are printed into this form's structure, including a description opening with the city or town and county. RSA 78-B meets the deed at the same counter: transfer tax runs at $0.75 per $100 of price or consideration against each side of the sale, and a transfer outside the tax needs the statement RSA 78-B:6 describes, which the deed reserves a section for. The declaration of consideration and the inventory of property transfer go to the Department of Revenue Administration on their own timetable and are not part of this package.

What arrives with the download

Three files: the fillable warranty deed, a completed example worked through on a Rockingham County sale, and a guide covering the statutory framework, each numbered section, the signing formalities, and the registry mechanics. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; how these rules land on a particular New Hampshire title is a question for a New Hampshire attorney.