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

© 2016 - U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. VIRGINIA WARRANTY DEED [ Husband and Wife – Tenancy in Common to Joint Tenancy ] Control Number: VA- SDEED -1 I. TIPS ON COMPLETING THE FORMS The form(s) in this packet may contain “form fields” created using Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (“.pdf” format). “Form fields” facilitate completion of the forms using your computer. They do not limit your ability to print the form “in blank” and complete with a typewriter or by hand. It is also helpful to be able to see the location of the form fields. Go to 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 this button and the form fields will be visible. By clicking on the appropriate form field, you will be able to enter the needed information. In some instances, the form field and the line will disappear after information is entered. In other cases, it will not. 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OR ITS AGENTS OR OFFICERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE MATERIALS, EVEN IF U.S. LEGAL FORMS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. RECORDATION TAXES AND EXEMPTIONS § 58.1-811 . Exemptions. A. The taxes imposed by §§ 58.1-801 and 58.1-807 shall not apply to any deed conveying real estate or lease of real estate: 1. To an incorporated college or other incorporated institution of learning not conducted for profit, where such real estate is intended to be used for educational purposes and not as a source of revenue or profit; 2. To an incorporated church or religious body or to the trustee or trustees of any church or religious body, or a corporation mentioned in § 57-16.1 , where such real estate is intended to be used exclusively for religious purposes, or for the residence of the minister of any such church or religious body; 3. To the United States, the Commonwealth, or to any county, city, town, district or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth; 4. To the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; 5. To any nonstock corporation organized exclusively for the purpose of owning or operating a hospital or hospitals not for pecuniary profit; 6. To a corporation upon its organization by persons in control of the corporation in a transaction which qualifies for nonrecognition of gain or loss pursuant to § 351 of the Internal Revenue Code as it exists at the time of the conveyance; 7. From a corporation to its stockholders upon complete or partial liquidation of the corporation in a transaction which qualifies for income tax treatment pursuant to § 331, 332, 333 or 337 of the Internal Revenue Code as it exists at the time of liquidation; 8. To the surviving or new corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, or limited liability company upon a merger or consolidation to which two or more such entities are parties, or in a reorganization within the meaning of § 368 (a) (1) (C) and (F) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended; 9. To a subsidiary corporation from its parent corporation, or from a subsidiary corporation to a parent corporation, if the transaction qualifies for nonrecognition of gain or loss under the Internal Revenue Code as amended; 10. To a partnership or limited liability company, when the grantors are entitled to receive not less than 50 percent of the profits and surplus of such partnership or limited liability company; provided that the transfer to a limited liability company is not a precursor to a transfer of control of the assets of the company to avoid recordation taxes; 11. From a partnership or limited liability company, when the grantees are entitled to receive not less than 50 percent of the profits and surplus of such partnership or limited liability company; provided that the transfer from a limited liability company is not subsequent to a transfer of control of the assets of the company to avoid recordation taxes; 12. To trustees of a revocable inter vivos trust, when the grantors in the deed and the beneficiaries of the trust are the same persons, regardless of whether other beneficiaries may also be named in the trust instrument, when no consideration has passed between the grantor and the beneficiaries; and to the original beneficiaries of a trust from the trustees holding title under a deed in trust; 13. When the grantor is the personal representative of a decedent's estate or trustee under a will or inter vivos trust of which the decedent was the settlor, other than a security trust defined in § 55-58.1 , and the sole purpose of such transfer is to comply with a devise or bequest in the decedent's will or to transfer title to one or more beneficiaries after the death of the settlor in accordance with a dispositive provision in the trust instrument; or 14. When the grantor is an organization exempt from taxation under § 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is organized and operated primarily to acquire land and purchase materials to erect or rehabilitate low-cost homes on such land, which homes are sold at cost to persons who otherwise would be unable to afford to buy a home through conventional means, located in Amherst County or the City of Lynchburg. B. The taxes imposed by §§ 58.1-803 and 58.1-804 shall not apply to any deed of trust or mortgage: 1. Given by an incorporated college or other incorporated institution of learning not conducted for profit; 2. Given by the trustee or trustees of a church or religious body or given by an incorporated church or religious body, or given by a corporation mentioned in § 57-16.1 ; 3. Given by any nonstock corporation organized exclusively for the purpose of owning and/or operating a hospital or hospitals not for pecuniary profit; 4. Given by any local governmental entity or political subdivision of the Commonwealth to secure a debt payable to any other local governmental entity or political subdivision; or 5. Securing a loan made by an organization described in subdivision 14 of subsection A of this section. C. The tax imposed by § 58.1-802 and the fees imposed by § 58.1-802.1 shall not apply to any: 1. Transaction described in subdivisions 6 through 13 of subsection A of this section; 2. Instrument or writing given to secure a debt; 3. Deed conveying real estate from an incorporated college or other incorporated institution of learning not conducted for profit; 4. Deed conveying real estate from the United States, the Commonwealth or any county, city, town, district or other political subdivision thereof; 5. Conveyance of real estate to the Commonwealth or any county, city, town, district or other political subdivision thereof, if such political unit is required by law to reimburse the parties taxable pursuant to § 58.1-802 or subject to the fee under § 58.1-802.1 ; or 6. Deed conveying real estate from the trustee or trustees of a church or religious body or from an incorporated church or religious body, or from a corporation mentioned in § 57-16.1 . D. No recordation tax shall be required for the recordation of any deed of gift between a grantor or grantors and a grantee or grantees when no consideration has passed between the parties. Such deed shall state therein that it is a deed of gift. E. The tax imposed by § 58.1-807 shall not apply to any lease to the United States, the Commonwealth, or any county, city, town, district or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth. F. The taxes and fees imposed by §§ 58.1-801, 58.1-802, 58.1-802.1, 58.1-807, 58.1-808 and 58.1-814 shall not apply to (i) any deed of gift conveying real estate or any interest therein to The Nature Conservancy or (ii) any lease of real property or any interest therein to The Nature Conservancy, where such deed of gift or lease of real estate is intended to be used exclusively for the purpose of preserving wilderness, natural or open space areas. G. The words "trustee" or "trustees," as used in subdivision 2 of subsection A, subdivision 2 of subsection B, and subdivision 6 of subsection C, include the trustees mentioned in § 57-8 and the ecclesiastical officers mentioned in § 57-16 . H. No recordation tax levied pursuant to this chapter shall be levied on the release of a contractual right, if the release is contained within a single deed that performs more than one function, and at least one of the other functions performed by the deed is subject to the recordation tax. I. No recordation tax levied pursuant to this chapter shall be levied on a deed, lease, easement, release, or other document recorded in connection with a concession pursuant to the Public- Private Transportation Act of 1995 (§ 56-556 et seq.) or similar federal law. Prepared by and, after Recording, Return to:                   Grantee’s Name and Current Address:                   Tax Map Reference No.       Consideration and/or assumption balance to be paid: $       Exempt from Recordation Taxes pursuant to Section       , Virginia Code. WARRANTY DEED (Husband and Wife – Tenancy in Common to Joint Tenancy) 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 grant, bargain, sell, and convey with General warranty and English covenants of title unto ________________________ and ________________________ , Husband and Wife, as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, hereinafter “Grantees”, the following lands and property, together with all improvements located thereon, lying in the County of ______________________ , Commonwealth of Virginia, to-wit: Describe Property of State "SEE DESCRIPTION ATTACHED" Prior instrument reference: Book ______ , Page ______ , Document No. ______ , of the Recorder of ______________________ County, Virginia. 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 Grantors, or is part of the homestead of Grantors and if Grantors are married, the conveyance is joined by both Husband and Wife. GRANTORS do for Grantors and Grantors’ heirs, personal representatives, executors and assigns forever hereby covenant with GRANTEES that Grantors are lawfully seized in fee simple of said premises; that the premises are free from all encumbrances, unless otherwise noted above; and the said Grantors will warrant and defend the right and title to the above described property unto the said Grantees against the claims of all persons whomsoever. Warranty Deed Page 1 of 2 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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said ____________________________________ , has hereunto set his hand this ______ day of __________________ , 20 ______ . (1 st Grantor’s Signature) (2 nd Grantor’s Signature)             Print or Type Name Print or Type Name Commonwealth of Virginia County of __________________ The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this __________________ (date) by _______________________________ (name of person(s) acknowledged). ______________________________ Notary Public Printed Name: ________________________ My Commission Expires: __________________ Warranty Deed Page 2 of 2