Essex County Quitclaim Deed (Two Grantors) Form

A New Jersey quitclaim deed releases to the grantee whatever interest the grantors hold in a property, and nothing more. This version carries two grantors on one instrument, so a pair of owners, two spouses or civil union partners, or any two people who hold or claim an interest can release it together. What sets a quitclaim apart from a sale deed is what it leaves out: it makes no promise that the grantors own anything in particular and gives the grantee no covenant of title.

What a Release Actually Conveys

New Jersey identifies a quitclaim by the word release in the granting clause. N.J.S.A. 46:5-1 lists the operative phrases, including remise, release and forever quitclaim, and treats a deed that uses them as a conveyance unless a contrary intention appears. N.J.S.A. 46:5-3 sets the reach: a quitclaim made without a reservation passes all the estate the grantors could lawfully convey by deed of bargain and sale. The grantee receives the grantors' full interest, whatever it turns out to be, but takes the risk that it is less than hoped, because no warranty stands behind it.

Two Grantors, Two Acknowledgments, Two Sides of Marital Title

The form gives each grantor a separate name and address block and a separate acknowledgment certificate, so the two can sign on different days or before different officers and still execute one deed. A deed acknowledged by its makers needs no separate witnesses, and New Jersey permits remote notarization under N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.10. A two-grantor quitclaim also touches marital property law on both sides. When the grantors are spouses or civil union partners conveying their jointly occupied principal matrimonial residence, both signatures address the joint right of possession N.J.S.A. 3B:28-3 gives each of them. On the receiving side, a grantee married or civil union couple that takes title as such holds as tenants by the entirety under N.J.S.A. 46:3-17.2, with survivorship built in, so the vesting words carry real consequences. The guide walks through the tenancy in common, joint tenancy, and tenancy by the entirety patterns.

Recording Is a Package, Not Just a Deed

A quitclaim is recorded with the county recording officer where the property sits, and recording protects the grantee's priority under the race-notice rule of N.J.S.A. 46:26A-12 rather than making the deed effective between the parties. New Jersey calls for more than the deed alone. The deed states the consideration or annexes the Affidavit of Consideration (Form RTF-1) and pays any Realty Transfer Fee under N.J.S.A. 46:15-6, and the recording officer will not record a sale or transfer without the appropriate Gross Income Tax (GIT/REP) form under N.J.S.A. 54A:8-9. The deed also shows the grantee's mailing address, the tax lot and block, and the name of the person who prepared it under N.J.S.A. 46:26A-3, with each signer's name printed beneath the signature.

What Comes With the Form

The package includes the deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example on a realistic New Jersey fact pattern, and a plain-language guide covering every section, the vesting choices, the no-warranty effect, and the recording picture. The materials are informational and are not legal advice. A transfer made as a sale, where the grantee expects assurances of title, is described instead by the New Jersey Bargain and Sale Deed with Covenant Against Grantors Acts or the New Jersey General Warranty Deed.