Fill and Sign the Warranty Deed for Husband and Wife Converting Property from Tenants in Common to Joint Tenancy Iowa Form

Prepared by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. Copyright 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. STATE OF IOWA WARRANTY DEED [Husband and Wife – Tenancy in Common to Joint Tenancy ] Control Number – IA - SDEED - 1 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. 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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: Warranty Deed - Page 2 - http://www.linncountyrecorder.com/Docs/realestatetransfer.pdf . 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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Warranty Deed - Page 3 - Prepared by: Address tax statement to: Exempt from Transfer Tax: Chapter 428A.2, Subsection ____________ WARRANTY DEED 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, ______________________________ and ______________________________ , Husband and Wife, hereinafter referred to as “Grantor”, does hereby convey, sell, bargain, and warrant 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 Iowa, to-wit: Describe Property of State "SEE DESCRIPTION ATTACHED" Prior instrument reference: Book ______ , Page ______ , Document No. ______ , of the Recorder of ______________________ County, Iowa. SUBJECT to all easements, rights-of-way, protective covenants and mineral reservations of record, if any. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD same unto Grantees, and unto Grantees’ heirs and assigns forever, with all appurtenances thereunto belonging. The property herein conveyed is not a part of the homestead of Grantor, or is part of the homestead of Grantor and if Grantor is married, the conveyance is joined by both Husband and Wife. GRANTOR does for Grantor and Grantor’s heirs, personal representatives, executors and assigns forever hereby covenant with GRANTEES that Grantor is lawfully seized in fee simple of said premises; that the premises are free from all encumbrances, unless otherwise noted above; and the said Grantor will warrant and defend the right and title to the above described property unto the said Grantees against the claims of all persons whomsoever. 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 Warranty Deed - Page 1 - 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’s hand this the ____ day of ________________ , 20 ____ . Grantor       Type or Print Name Grantor       Type or Print Name STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF __________________ On this _______ day of ________________________ , _______ , before me, a Notary Public, personally appeared ______________________________ , to me known to be the persons 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: ________________________ Warranty Deed - Page 2 - Grantor(s) Name, Address, phone:                                     Grantee(s) Name, Address, phone:                                     SEND TAX STATEMENTS TO GRANTEE Warranty Deed - Page 3 -