Butte County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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Butte County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) form formatted to comply with all South Dakota recording and content requirements.

Butte County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) form.

Butte County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Document
Example of a properly completed South Dakota Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Butte County Register of Deeds
Belle Fourche, South Dakota 57717-1796
Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm M-F
Phone: (605) 892-2912
Recording Tips for Butte County:
- Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
- Leave recording info boxes blank - the office fills these
- Ask about their eRecording option for future transactions
- Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
Cities and Jurisdictions in Butte County
Properties in any of these areas use Butte County forms:
- Belle Fourche
- Newell
- Nisland
- Vale
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Butte County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Butte 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 Butte County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Butte 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 Butte 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 Butte County?
Recording fees in Butte County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (605) 892-2912 for current fees.
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This South Dakota deed hands the property over and keeps something back. The grantor conveys an interest in the real estate to the grantee and, in the same operative sentence, reserves a life estate, so the grantor keeps possession and use for the rest of the grantor's life while the grantee holds the remainder. The fillable deed does that work on South Dakota's 1911 quitclaim form, SDCL 43-25-7.
A reservation the code reads the grantor's way
Two provisions decide whether a life estate deed holds together. SDCL 43-25-15 presumes that a grant of real property passes fee simple title unless it appears from the grant that a lesser estate was intended, which is why the reservation sits in the operative language on the face of the instrument rather than in the surrounding circumstances. SDCL 43-4-16 then supplies the reading: a grant is interpreted in favor of the grantee, except that a reservation in any grant is interpreted in favor of the grantor. The one clause that leans toward the person signing is the clause this variant is built around.
What the grantee owns while the grantor is alive
The remainder is a present interest, not a promise. It passes when the deed is delivered, and SDCL 43-9-12 fixes when it ripens: a remainder on an estate for life, not limited on a contingency defeating that precedent estate, takes effect on the death of the first taker. Possession follows the grantor's death without probate of the remainder, and no one else can be substituted for the grantee afterward by the grantor acting alone. A transfer on death deed, a different South Dakota instrument prepared and recorded separately and not included with this package, works the opposite way, vesting nothing during life and staying revocable until death.
The operative words remain the statutory pair, conveys and quitclaims, so SDCL 43-25-8 measures the interest at the date of the conveyance and leaves later-acquired title behind. Two covenants otherwise arrive with quitclaim words unless express terms restrict them, and Section 11 restricts both in capital letters, leaving no covenant or warranty of title on the instrument.
Two estates, one signature
The form names one grantor, with marital status and mailing address, and carries one signature block with the printed name line SDCL 43-28-23 requires beneath a signature, followed by one notary acknowledgment certificate. The grantee signs nothing, since a grantee takes under a South Dakota deed without executing it. Patterns appearing in the South Dakota record with this architecture include a parent deeding the family home to an adult child and staying in it, and an owner passing a quarter section to the next generation while keeping the use of the ground for life. A homestead conveyance by a married owner, where SDCL 43-31-17 calls for both spouses to concur and sign, two owners reserving a life estate together, a life estate measured by someone else's life, and trustee or entity grantors each print a different configuration than this quit claim deed recites. Grantees may be one or several, with Section 3 taking a co-ownership designation measured against the interest-in-common default of SDCL 43-2-12.
Who pays the taxes while the life estate runs
South Dakota supplies a default and lets the parties write over it. Under SDCL 43-8-1 the owner of a life estate may use the land in the same manner as the owner of a fee simple, except that no act may be done to the injury of the inheritance. Section 9 is the blank where taxes, insurance, repairs, and leasing are allocated between the life tenant and the remainder owner, and Section 11 makes whatever is entered there part of the deed.
The parent and child line in the exemption list
Thirty dollars covers a deed's first fifty pages under SDCL 7-9-15. The SDCL 43-4-21 realty transfer fee is collected before recording unless an exemption is claimed, and SDCL 43-4-22 (5) reaches a transfer between parent and child with only nominal actual consideration, the subdivision the completed example claims on its Meade County conveyance. SDCL 43-4-23 has an exempt transfer marked on the instrument, which Section 10 receives, and the SDCL 7-9-7 certificate of real estate value files separately.
Three files come with the purchase: this life estate deed as a blank fillable PDF, a completed example worked through for a Sturgis parcel, and a plain-language guide to the twelve numbered sections, the signing formalities, and the recording package. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Butte 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 Butte County.
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