Smith County Warranty Deed (Corporation Grantor) Form

When a corporation conveys Texas real estate, the deed answers two distinct questions in a single instrument: what title protection the grantee receives, and who speaks for the entity granting it. This form is built around the corporate answer to each. The grantor is the corporation, signing through one authorized officer. The title promise is a full covenant of general warranty under Texas Property Code Sections 5.022 and 5.023, reaching back through the entire chain of title rather than stopping at the corporation's own period of ownership.

The corporate grantor structure

A corporation conveys only through authorized people. Texas Business Organizations Code Section 21.462 provides that a corporation may convey real property when authorized by an appropriate resolution of the board of directors, and Section 21.455(a) provides that an ordinary conveyance requires no shareholder approval unless it amounts to a sale of substantially all of the corporation's assets. The board resolution authorizing the sale stays in the corporate minute book; the deed itself carries the officer's name, title, and signature on a By line, with the corporation's name on the line above it. Local Government Code Section 191.007(e) independently requires a typed or printed name immediately under each signature on a recorded instrument, and the officer printed-name line on this form satisfies that requirement for the corporation's signing officer.

A warranty that reaches the whole chain

The operative section conveys the property with the words GRANTS, SELLS, AND CONVEYS, which under Property Code Section 5.023 carry two implied covenants: that the grantor has not previously conveyed the same estate to anyone else, and that the estate is free from encumbrances. The warranty clause binds the corporation and its successors to warrant and forever defend the title against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming any part of it. That promise is not limited to the years the corporation held the property; it reaches any defect that arose at any point in the chain, wherever it originated. A dedicated reservations and exceptions section lists the recorded matters the conveyance and the warranty are subject to, such as existing easements, restrictive covenants, and mineral interests, so the warranty describes the title as it actually stands.

The corporate acknowledgment

The notary certificate on this form follows the Texas statutory short form for a corporate officer under Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 121.008. The certificate identifies the officer by name and title, names the corporation and its state of incorporation, and certifies that the officer acknowledged the instrument on behalf of the corporation. The form carries one certificate because one officer signs on behalf of the corporate grantor. Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 121.006(a) additionally permits altering an authorized form as circumstances require, so a foreign corporation described in both Section 1 and the acknowledgment is correctly captured wherever it appears in the record.

Recording the deed

After the officer signs before the notary, the deed is recorded with the county clerk of the county where the property is located. Texas imposes no deed transfer tax and requires no companion filing alongside the deed. The confidentiality notice required by Property Code Section 11.008 appears at the top of the first page. Under Property Code Section 13.001, recording provides constructive notice to all subsequent purchasers and creditors; an unrecorded deed is void as to a creditor or subsequent purchaser for value without notice of it. Beginning December 4, 2025, Local Government Code Section 191.010(b) and Property Code Section 12.001(b)(2), as amended by Senate Bill 16, require a person presenting a deed in person to provide government-issued photo identification at the recording counter.

The download contains a fillable PDF of the blank deed, with a non-recorded instructions page at the front, and a completed example filled in for a realistic Tarrant County transaction, together with a plain-language guide that walks through every numbered section, the corporate signature block, and the acknowledgment certificate. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.