Marion County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form

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Marion County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form

Marion County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form

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Marion County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide

Marion County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide

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Marion County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Document

Marion County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Document

Example of a properly completed South Carolina Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/31/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Marion County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Marion County Clerk of Court

Address:
100 West Court St / PO Box 295
Marion, South Carolina 29571

Hours: 8:30 to 5:00 M-F

Phone: (843) 423-8240

Recording Tips for Marion County:
  • Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
  • Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
  • Leave recording info boxes blank - the office fills these
  • Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count

Cities and Jurisdictions in Marion County

Properties in any of these areas use Marion County forms:

  • Centenary
  • Gresham
  • Marion
  • Mullins
  • Rains
  • Sellers

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Marion County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Marion County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Marion County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Marion 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 Marion County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Marion County?

Recording fees in Marion County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (843) 423-8240 for current fees.

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One signing, two estates. On this South Carolina quitclaim deed the grantor hands the remainder in the property to a named grantee and holds back a life estate, so possession and use stay put for the rest of the grantor's life while future ownership is settled on the record today.

A deed that says less than everything has to say so plainly

South Carolina reads a deed as passing all of it unless the paper says otherwise. Section 27-5-130(A) provides that every deed executed after December 31, 1993 passes to the grantee the entire interest of the grantor in the property described, unless the deed provides to the contrary. Subsection (D) is the provision a life estate deed has to answer: where conflicting language leaves it unclear whether a fee simple or a life estate was intended, the statute presumes a fee simple absolute, and only clear and convincing evidence displaces that presumption. So the reservation appears twice here, inside the operative sentence and again in a sentence subordinating conflicting language to it.

The reserved life estate configuration

Sections 1 and 2 name the grantor as life tenant and the remainder grantee, with the mailing address Section 30-5-35 asks for on a deed conveying land. Section 8 does the work: it remises, releases, and forever quitclaims the property, reserving and excepting to the grantor a life estate for the term of the grantor's natural life, and the habendum runs the remainder to the grantee and that grantee's heirs, successors, and assigns, subject to the reserved estate. Section 9 sets one signature line with printed name and date under the attestation line SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED in the presence of, plus two witness blocks answering Sections 27-7-10 and 30-5-30(B); one certificate follows, because one person signs. A parent conveying the remainder in a homeplace to a child while keeping the right to live there for life, and an owner settling who takes a tract at death while keeping its use and income meanwhile, present the pattern this deed recites. One individual grantor reserves a life estate measured by that grantor's own life; two record owners signing together, a life estate measured by someone else's life, and an entity or fiduciary signer each follow a different pattern than the one printed here.

The remainder belongs to someone else the day it is recorded

This is a lifetime conveyance rather than a death-time designation. The remainder vests on delivery and the deed holds no power to pull it back, so a later change of course takes a conveyance from the remainder grantee, and a sale or mortgage of the whole fee takes the life tenant and the remainder grantee signing together. South Carolina supplies no statutory beneficiary deed for real property and no statutory enhanced life estate deed: S.49 and H.4264 of the 2025-2026 session proposed one of each, and neither was enacted.

Reappraisal waits for the life estate to end

Section 12-37-3150 defines the assessable transfer of interest that sends a parcel to reappraisal, and subsection (B)(2) excludes the portion of property subject to a life estate retained by the transferor, until that life estate expires or terminates. Section 12-37-265 holds the homestead exemption steady: an owner entitled to the Section 12-37-250 exemption who conveys the remainder and keeps a life estate still satisfies its ownership requirement. Under Section 12-37-610(A) the annual tax bill stays with whoever owns the property in fee, for life, or as trustee on the county deed records.

What the counter collects

Recording a deed costs fifteen dollars under Section 8-21-310. Deed stamps run under Section 12-24-10 at $1.85 for every $500 of value, a fraction counting as a whole increment, with value measured by Section 12-24-30(A) as the consideration paid or to be paid in money or money's worth. Section 12-24-40(1) exempts a deed whose value is one hundred dollars or less, where a nominal family transfer usually lands, and Section 12-24-70 asks for a value affidavit, a separate recorded document. A quit claim deed, also called a non-warranty deed, promises nothing about title, which is why the derivation clause of Section 30-5-35 passes it by.

The package holds three files: the fillable deed, a completed Anderson County example, and a plain language guide covering the nine sections, the ownership forms a remainder can be held in, the signing steps, and the recording and property tax sequence. These materials describe South Carolina law in general terms and are not legal advice.

Important: Your property must be located in Marion County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) meets all recording requirements specific to Marion County.

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