Essex County Warranty Deed (Two Grantors) Form

When two record owners convey New Jersey real property together, the deed carries both names in the grantor section, both signatures with printed names beneath them, and a notarial certificate for each signer. This New Jersey warranty deed is built for that two-grantor conveyance: it recites exactly two grantors joining in a single transfer to a named grantee, backed by general warranty covenants that both grantors make together.

Two owners joining in one conveyance

Several ownership patterns in the New Jersey land records present two grantors on one deed. Spouses and civil union partners commonly hold title as tenants by the entirety, and N.J.S.A. 46:3-17.4 provides that neither spouse may alienate the other's interest in entireties property during the marriage without the written consent of both, so a conveyance of an entireties home carries both spouses' signatures on its face. Two relatives holding inherited fractional shares as tenants in common, and two joint tenants selling to a single buyer, present the same two-grantor record. The form recites exactly two grantors conveying in their own individual right; a conveyance by one owner, by three or more owners, or by a trustee, company, or attorney-in-fact follows a different signature and capacity pattern that this form does not carry.

Two signatures, two certificates

The deed pairs each grantor's signature line with a printed-name line, because New Jersey makes a name printed beneath every signature a recording prerequisite under N.J.S.A. 46:26A-3(a)(4). It then carries a separate acknowledgment certificate for each grantor, using the certificate sentence from New Jersey's statutory short form for an individual acknowledgment. The two-certificate layout is a drafting convention rather than a statutory command, and it lets the two grantors acknowledge on different dates, before different notarial officers, or in different states, a practical point whenever co-owners no longer live under one roof. The completed example in the package shows the certificates finished two days apart before the same Monmouth County notary.

Covenants both grantors stand behind

New Jersey gives short covenant phrases full statutory effect, and this deed uses them adapted to plural grantors: lawfully seized of the said land, the right to convey the said land, quiet possession free from encumbrances except those the deed lists, and the closing promise that the grantors will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed. Under N.J.S.A. 46:4-7 and its companions, that general warranty language commits the grantors to defend the grantee's title against lawful claims, and the form states the covenants jointly and severally, so each grantor stands behind the whole promise rather than half of it. The encumbrances section of the form defines what the quiet possession covenant excepts, which makes that entry as consequential as the granting clause itself.

What travels to the county counter

A New Jersey deed records only when its face and its companions are complete. On the face, the county looks for the acknowledgment, the printed names, the preparer's name, the grantee's mailing address, the municipal lot and block reference, and a consideration recital; the form gives each item its own labeled space. Alongside the deed, the county collects the Realty Transfer Fee on the consideration, requires a GIT/REP seller form before it may accept the deed, applies the grantor-side Graduated Percent Fee to covered transfers above one million dollars, and indexes through a county cover sheet or electronic synopsis, with a $20 additional indexing fee when the cover sheet is omitted. Those tax affidavits and certifications are completed separately at recording and are not included in this package; the guide walks through each one in order, along with the base recording fee of $30 for the first page and $10 for each additional page.

Inside the download

The package delivers the two-grantor warranty deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing a realistic Monmouth County conveyance by a married couple from entry to acknowledgment, and a plain-language guide covering every numbered section, the signing and notarization rules for both grantors, and the recording steps and county costs. The materials describe New Jersey law in general terms and are not legal advice.