Fill and Sign the Fiduciary Deed for Use by Executors Trustees Trustors Administrators and Other Fiduciaries Iowa Form

Prepared by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. Copyright 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. STATE OF IOWA FIDUCIARY DEED Control Number – IA - SDEED - 6 - Warranty Deed - Page 1 - NOTE ABOUT COMPLETING THE FORMS The forms in this packet contain “form fields” created using Microsoft Word. “Form fields” facilitate completion of the forms using your computer. They do not limit you ability to print the form “in blank” and complete with a typewriter or by hand. If you do not see the gray shaded form fields, go the View menu, click on Toolbars, and then select Forms. This will open the forms toolbar. Look for the button on the forms toolbar that resembles a shaded letter “a”. Click in this button and the form fields will be visible. The forms are locked which means that the content of the forms cannot be changed. You can only fill in the information in the fields. If you need to make any changes in the body of the form, it is necessary for you “unlock” or “unprotect” the form. 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All conveyances of real estate must be accompanied by a Declaration of Value form, unless exempt pursuant to Chapter 428A of the Code of Iowa. In addition, all conveyances, including leases and subdivision plats require a Groundwater Hazard Statement. The Declaration of Value and instructions are available for download at: http://www.scottcountyiowa.com/recorder/forms.html The grantor must file a Groundwater Hazard Statement with the county clerk. This statement provides information to the buyer, and others, in regard to specific types of known hazards on the property. You may review the form at the following link: http://www.linncountyrecorder.com/Docs/realestatetransfer.pdf . - Warranty Deed - Page 2 - 2. Statutory exemptions from transfer tax are in Iowa Code Chapter 428A.2 http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACODE/2001SUPPLEMENT/428A/ 3. Do not use the legal description found on the tax statement. It is only an abbreviated description. You must use the entire legal description. 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HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. - Warranty Deed - Page 3 - Prepared by: Address tax statement to: WARRANTY DEED (Individual to Individual) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: ______________________________ , as ____________________________________ , by the power conferred by the Iowa Code, and every other power, for valuable consideration paid, hereby grants with fiduciary covenants, unto ________________________ , an individual, or ______________________________ and ________________________ , individuals, or ________________________ and ________________________ , Husband and Wife, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, remainder to the survivor of them, their natural heirs and assigns forever, the following lands and property, together with all improvements located thereon, lying in the County of ______________________ , State of Iowa, to-wit: Describe Property of State "SEE DESCRIPTION ATTACHED" Prior instrument reference: Book ______ , Page ______ , Document No. ______ , of the Recorder of ______________________ County, Iowa. GRANTOR does for Grantor and Grantor’s successors and assigns forever hereby covenant with GRANTEE that Grantor is duly qualified to act in Grantor’s official capacity; that the Grantor has full power and authority in Grantor’s official capacity and/or by virtue of an order of a court of probate to bargain and sell the above described premises; and, that Grantor or Grantor’s successors shall warrant and defend the granted premises to the Grantee against all claims and demands of any person or persons claiming under the Grantor. WITNESS Grantor(s) hand(s) this the ____ day of ________________ , 20 ____ . ___________________________________ Signature ____________________________________ Print or Type Name - Warranty Deed - Page 4 - STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF __________________ On this _______ day of ________________________ , _______ , before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared ______________________________ , to me known to be the person named in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he/she/they executed the same as his/her/their voluntary act and deed. ______________________________ Notary Public Print Name: ________________________ (Seal, if any) My commission expires: ________________________ Grantor(s) Name, Address, phone:                                     Grantee(s) Name, Address, phone:                                     SEND TAX STATEMENTS TO GRANTEE ** Type name and title of fiduciary such as: “John Doe, as Executor of the Estate of John Doe, Sr.”, “John Doe, as Administrator of the Estate of John Doe, Sr.”, “John Doe, as Trustee of the John Doe, Sr. Family Trust”, “John Doe, as Guardian of the Person and Estate of John Doe, Sr.”, “John Doe, as Conservator of the Person and Estate of John Doe, Sr.” Note: If conveyance is to two persons as joint tenants add "as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common" after name(s) of grantee(s). You may also add this paragraph to the body of the deed: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD to the said Grantees as joint tenants, with right of survivorship, their heirs, personal representatives, executors and assigns forever: it being the intention of the parties to this conveyance, that (unless the joint tenancy hereby created is severed or terminated during the joint lives of the grantees herein) in the event one grantee herein survives the other, the entire interest in fee simple shall pass to the surviving grantee, and if one does not survive the other, then the heirs and assigns of the grantees herein shall take as tenants in common. - Warranty Deed - Page 5 -