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

Prepared by U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. Copyright 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. STATE OF MARYLAND WARRANTY DEED [Husband and Wife Converting Property from Tenants in Common to Joint Tenancy] Control Number – MD - SDEED - 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 Maryland, a Land Instrument Intake Sheet is required to be filed with the deed. The actual form may be found at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mc/services/finance/pdf_taxinfo/transfer.pdf Note that the form is a pdf form and you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read and print the form. If you do not have the reader, it can be downloaded at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html You may access instructions to complete the form at: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mc/services/finance/pdf_taxinfo/intake.pdf Note that the Maryland Code contains many provisions affecting the transfer of property. Some provisions apply to specified counties and some apply to all Maryland counties. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in the county in which the property is located can best advise you of the particular procedures in effect in that specific county. 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Prepared By and After Recording Return to: Send Tax Statements to Grantee (Name and Address): -------- Above This Line Reserved For Official Use Only-------- 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”, whether one or more, by these presents does hereby GRANT and CONVEY unto ____________________________________ and ______________________________ , Husband and Wife, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, hereinafter “Grantees”, the following lands and property, together with all improvements located thereon, situated in the County of __________________ , State of Maryland, to-wit: INSERT DESCRIPTION OR ATTACH AS EXHIBIT SUBJECT to all easements, rights-of-way, protective covenants and mineral reservations of record, if any. This conveyance is FURTHER MADE AND ACCEPTED SUBECT TO the following: ( Li st additional exceptions, if any) GRANTOR 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; that Grantor has a good right to sell and convey the same as aforesaid; and to forever warrant and defend the title to the said lands against all claims whatever. To the Grantees, 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’s hand) this the ______ day of __________________ , 20 ______ . Grantor Type or Print Name Grantor Type or Print Name Witness Signature Witness Print Name Witness Signature Witness Print Name STATE OF __________________ COUNTY OF __________________ Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for said county and state, on this ______ day of ____________ , 20 ______ , the within named __________________ , known to me, or satisfactorily proven, to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and who acknowledges that he/she (strike one) executed the same for the purposes therein contained. __________________________________ __ NOTARY PUBLIC My Commission Expires: __________________ STATE OF __________________ COUNTY OF __________________ Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for said county and state, on this ______ day of ____________ , 20 ______ , the within named __________________ , known to me, or satisfactorily proven, to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and who acknowledges that he/she (strike one) executed the same for the purposes therein contained. __________________________________ __ NOTARY PUBLIC My Commission Expires: __________________ CERTIFICATION OF PREPARATION THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the within instrument has been prepared by, or under the supervision of the undersigned Maryland attorney, or if no attorney, prepared by the undersigned, a party to this instrument. _____________________________________ Signature Grantor(s) Name, Address and phone: Grantee(s) Name, Address and Phone: