Malheur County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

Title to Oregon land can rest in a person or in a capacity, and this deed sends it to a capacity: the grantee named on its face is a trustee, holding the property for a trust. This product is an Oregon quit claim deed drafted around that receiving structure: one individual grantor releases under ORS 93.865, and the deed carries the trust identification the record needs.

The receiving side, built for a trustee

Section 2 collects four things: the trustee, named with the trustee capacity stated; the name of the trust; the date of the trust instrument; and the grantee's mailing address. Naming the trustee rather than the trust alone follows the architecture of Oregon's Uniform Trust Code, where the trustee holds property and exercises powers. ORS 130.725 lists those powers, among them the power to collect trust property and to accept additions from a settlor or any other person. The conveyance section then states that the grantee takes as trustee and not individually, with title vesting in that trustee and in the successor trustees serving under the same trust instrument, so a later change of trustee leaves the record pointing at the office rather than at one person. Where two trustees take together, ORS 93.180(1)(c) and ORS 93.190 place them in joint tenancy in that fiduciary office unless the deed expressly says otherwise, the one surviving corner of joint tenancy in Oregon real property.

What the statutory words carry into the trust

The operative words come from the ORS 93.865 statutory form, and the statute fixes their reach: the deed passes whatever title or interest, legal or equitable, the grantor holds on the date it is signed, passes nothing the grantor acquires later, gives no covenant or warranty of title, and works no estoppel. ORS 93.110 adds that a quitclaim is enough to pass any estate a grantor may lawfully convey, and subsection (3) of the same section leaves a trustee grantee's good faith purchaser standing untouched. A trustee therefore receives the interest that stood in the grantor's name, encumbered as it was: a trust deed, a judgment lien, an easement, or a recorded restriction rides through untouched.

One signature, and a trustee who takes without signing

The form recites a single grantor, an individual signing personally, so the signature section carries one signature block with printed name and date, followed by one acknowledgment certificate in the short form wording of ORS 194.285. The trustee takes under the deed and signs nothing. An owner moving a parcel held in that owner's own name into a revocable living trust, an heir releasing an inherited fractional share to the trustee of a family trust that already holds the balance, and a correction conveyance running to a trustee where an earlier deed named the trust itself as grantee all present the pattern this deed recites. A grantor who signs as trustee, personal representative, attorney in fact, or entity officer states a different capacity than this deed carries, and two owners signing together follow a different certificate architecture. Marriage adds no signature by itself, dower and curtesy having been abolished by ORS 112.685. Where a person dealing with the trustee wants evidence of trustee authority, ORS 130.860 describes the certification of trust, an instrument executed and delivered separately and not part of this package.

Face statements, then the recording counter

The deed carries the three items Oregon writes onto a fee title conveyance: the ORS 93.030 consideration figure in dollars, with the statutory alternative line noting that other property or value made up part or the whole of it, which a transfer into a trust for no money commonly uses; the ORS 93.260 sentence sending property tax statements to a stated address until a change is requested; and the ORS 93.040 land use and property rights statement, printed in capitals in the current statutory text. First page items under ORS 205.234 sit below a two inch reserve for the county label, and the sheet is letter size at 12 point against the paper and type limits of ORS 205.232. Filing follows promptly, because ORS 93.640 measures priority from the record. Fees are county figures, several reset on July 1, 2026 under 2025 legislation.

The download holds the fillable trustee grantee quitclaim deed, a completed example prepared for a Deschutes County transfer into a revocable living trust, and a guide covering every numbered section, the certificate, and the recording steps. The materials describe Oregon law in general terms and are not legal advice.