Fill and Sign the Retained Life Estate Form

Prepared by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. Copyright 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. STATE OF NEW YORK QUITCLAIM DEED [Individual to Husband and Wife with Retained Life Estate] Control Number – NY - SDEED – 8-11 - 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. 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NOTES ON FILING THIS FORM In the State of New York, there are additional forms that must accompany a Deed at the time the Deed is presented for recordation at the office of the County Clerk in the county in which the property is located. See the following: (1) NYC-RPT Special Tax Return (Applicable in Bronx, Kings, NY, and Queens Counties) If you are a resident of New York City, you must also file a New York City Real Property Transfer Tax Return. The instructions for completing the form may and the form may be found at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/pdf/01pdf/nycrpt_01.pdf - Page 2 - (2) NY Real Property Transfer Report (RP-5217) (Required for all other Counties). The instructions available at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/pdf/02pdf/rp5217nyci.pdf The actual form can be found at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/pdf/02pdf/rp5217nyc.pdf (3) Transfer Tax Affidavit (TP-584) (Required in ALL Counties). You may download the instructions at the following address: http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/2004/property/tp584i_1104.pdf The form may be downloaded at the following address: http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/2004/property/tp584_1104.pdf - Page 3 - DISCLAIMER These materials were developed by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. based upon statutes and forms for the State of New York. All Information and Forms are subject to this Disclaimer: All forms in this package are provided without any warranty, express or implied, as to their legal effect and completeness. Please use at your own risk. If you have a serious legal problem we suggest that you consult an attorney. U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. does not provide legal advice. The products offered by U.S. Legal Forms (USLF) are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. 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HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. - Page 4 - This document prepared by (and after recording return to): ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) -------- Above This Line Reserved For Official Use Only-------------Name:       Firm/Company:       Address:       Address 2:       City, State, Zip:       Phone:       QUITCLAIM DEED (Individual to Husband and Wife with Retained Life Estate) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION OF TEN DOLLARS ($10.00), and other good and valuable consideration, cash in hand paid, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, ______________________________ , an Individual, married unmarried, hereinafter referred to as “Grantor”, does hereby remise, release, and quitclaim unto ______________________________ and ______________________________ , Husband and Wife, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, hereinafter “Grantees”, the following lands and property, together with all improvements located thereon, lying in the County of ______________________ , State of New York, to-wit: See Legal Description Attached as Exhibit A incorporated by reference as though set forth in full Legal Description:       Prior instrument reference: Book ______ , Page ______ , Document No. ______ , of the Recorder of ______________________ County, New York. SUBJECT to a Life Estate retained by ____________________________________ . SUBJECT to all easements, rights-of-way, protective covenants and mineral reservations of record, if any. Quitclaim Deed Page 1 of 3 TO HAVE AND TO HOLD same unto Grantees, and unto Grantees’ heirs and assigns forever, with all appurtenances thereunto belonging. 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. WITNESS Grantor hand(s) this the ____ day of ________________ , 20 ____ . (1 st Grantor’s Signature)       Print Name CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Individual Capacity within the State of New York for Real Property State of New York ) ) ss.: County of       ) On the       day of       in the year       before me, the undersigned, personally appeared       , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity , and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual , or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument. Signature and Office of Person Taking Acknowledgement Type/Print Name:       Quitclaim Deed Page 2 of 3 Individual Capacity Outside the State of New York for Real Property State of ____________ ) ) ss.: County of       ) On the       day of       in the year       before me, the undersigned, personally appeared       , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity , and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual , or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument and that such individual made such appearance before the undersigned in the       (insert the city or other political subdivision and the State or country or other place the acknowledgment was taken). Signature and Office of Person Taking Acknowledgement Type/Print Name:       Grantor(s) Name, Address, phone:                                     Grantee(s) Name, Address, phone:                                     SEND TAX STATEMENTS TO GRANTEE Quitclaim Deed Page 3 of 3 EXHIBIT A       Quitclaim Deed Exhibit A