Quay County Quitclaim Deed (Divorce) Form
Last validated September 10, 2026 by our Forms Development TeamFormatted for recording in Quay County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Bard, House, Logan, Mcalister, Nara Visa, Quay, San Jon, Tucumcari.
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Quay County Quitclaim Deed (Divorce) Form
Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Divorce) form formatted to comply with all New Mexico recording and content requirements.

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Where to Record Your Documents
Quay County Clerk
Tucumcari, New Mexico 88401
Hours: 8:00am - 12:00 & 1:00 - 5:00pm M-F
Phone: (575) 461-0510
Recording Tips for Quay County:
- Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
- Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
- Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
- Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
Cities and Jurisdictions in Quay County
Properties in any of these areas use Quay County forms:
- Bard
- House
- Logan
- Mcalister
- Nara Visa
- Quay
- San Jon
- Tucumcari
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Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Quay County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Quay 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 Quay County you only need to order once.
What do I need to use these forms?
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Are there any recurring fees?
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How much does it cost to record in Quay County?
Recording fees in Quay County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (575) 461-0510 for current fees.
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A decree divides what a couple owned; the county index goes on describing the parcel exactly as it did the day before. This New Mexico quitclaim deed closes that distance. One spouse or former spouse releases to the other whatever interest he or she holds in the described real estate, and the deed names the district court case it accompanies, so the division of one parcel reaches the land records under a legal description.
Two things a dissolution does by itself, and neither one is indexed
NMSA 1978, Section 45-2-804 works on titles with nobody signing anything: divorce revokes revocable dispositions to a former spouse in a governing instrument, a recorded transfer on death deed among them, and Subsection B severs the former spouses' joint tenancy with right of survivorship into equal tenancies in common. Subsection C draws the line that matters at the clerk's office: the severance does not affect a third party who acquires for value in good faith reliance on apparent record survivorship title, unless a writing declaring it has been recorded in the county where the property lies. Section 10 of this deed is written for that gap: it releases any right of survivorship and any joint tenancy or cotenancy interest the grantor holds, and states the severance for purposes of Section 45-2-804.
Separate property, arriving by date and by decree
Section 40-3-8(A) counts as separate property both property a spouse acquires after entry of a decree of dissolution, in Paragraph (1), and property designated separate by a judgment or decree of any court having jurisdiction, in Paragraph (3). Joinder follows the same clock: Section 40-3-13(A) voids a one-spouse transfer of community real property, and once a decree has ended the marriage the parties are no longer spouses, so a conveyance between them sits outside that rule.
One grantor, one case, one certificate
The form takes one individual grantor and one individual grantee who are spouses or former spouses of each other. Section 3 states their marital status at signing, Section 4 identifies the proceeding by court, county, case number, and decree date, and one signature line closes with a single acknowledgment certificate in New Mexico's short form wording. A party releasing the residence the decree awarded to the other, a spouse carrying out the property terms of a settlement while the case remains open, and a former co-owner clearing survivorship the index still shows a year later all present the pattern this deed recites. Two grantors on one instrument, an entity or trustee grantor, an agent under a power of attorney, and a sale to an outside buyer present configurations it does not recite.
A conveyance the court itself could make
Section 47-1-12 provides that in an action relating to real estate the court may enter a decree that of itself operates as a good and sufficient conveyance, or may appoint a proper person to convey, and Section 14-8-4(C) lets a certified court judgment be recorded without acknowledgment. Section 40-4-20(A) adds what happens when nobody acts: property the decree left undivided keeps its character, and either party may later sue for division. This deed is the other route, the party's own acknowledged instrument, carrying the grantee's address inside the Section 47-1-44 granting language.
No covenants, a flat fee, and a filing at the assessor
Implied covenants reach a New Mexico deed through two defined phrases alone, given their meaning by Sections 47-1-37 and 47-1-38. This instrument uses neither, prints that posture in capital letters, and passes what the grantor holds at delivery, recorded liens and easements following the land. Acknowledgment is the one statutory condition of recording, the fee runs twenty-five dollars a document for ten or fewer indexed entries, and no transfer tax exists. Residential property adds a confidential declaration to the county assessor within thirty days, and three exemptions at Section 7-38-12.1(D) speak to dissolutions: a conveyance executed pursuant to court order, an instrument between husband and wife for nominal consideration, and a court-ordered partition.
The download prepares this dissolution configuration as a fillable PDF, with a completed example filled in for a Curry County lot released after a Ninth Judicial District decree, and a plain-language guide covering the numbered sections and the recording steps. Buyers reach it searching for a divorce deed, a quit claim deed, or a quick claim deed after a divorce; the New Mexico statutes spell it quitclaim. This is general information, not legal advice; a New Mexico attorney can read a decree against a chain of title.
Important: Your property must be located in Quay County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.
This Quitclaim Deed (Divorce) meets all recording requirements specific to Quay County.
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