How do you change the name on a house deed after a divorce?

Answer 1

Changing names on deeds typically happens for one of several reasons including legal name changes, death, convenience or conveyance. If there is a mortgage, you will need permission from the lender. Any new deed with changed names changes ownership. The people currently named on the deed (grantor) will execute a new deed to the newly named people (grantee). The grantee(s) on the new deed are the new owners.

Deeds should always be drafted by a professional. Errors made by non-professionals can be costly to correct it they can be corrected. As soon as a new deed is executed it should be recorded in the land records.

Answer 2

To add someone to the title to your home, you should contact an attorney. Most often a simple quit claim deed is prepared wherein all the current owners sign the deed as grantors e.g. John smith and Mary smith want to add their son, Joe Smith. John Smith and Mary Smith quit claim to John Smith and Mary Smith, husband and wife and Joe Smith. But again, This is the DEED to your home, and it is much trickier than the simple example, so contact an attorney. The grantor has to execute a deed in their own name, plus the added person. If the property is mortgaged, the mortgagee (the company that holds the mortgage) will want to ok the deal beforehand.

Answer 3

One way would be for you to sell the property to someone else. If there is a mortgage on the home or property, then you need the lender's permission to remove your name from the title, and they are unlikely to allow it.

Answer 4

The only way to change the names on the current deed is to draft and record a new deed. The new deed will have the new owners names as the grantees and must be recorded in the land records.

If a joint owner has died you do not need to record a new deed. You should record a death certificate in the land records to document the death and the surviving joint tenant with right of survivorship will be considered the sole owner.

Answer 5

The co-owner who has agreed to transfer their interest to the other must execute a deed and the deed must be recorded in the land records. The separation agreement should also address any outstanding mortgage. Someone who has signed a mortgage cannot take their name off that mortgage. It must be discharged and refinanced.

Answer 6

Title is the legal relationship between a person and their property. A deed is the instrument by which title to real property is generally transferred. A deed is the legal evidence that a person owns a certain property. The grantee on a deed is the new owner of the land. The new owner has title to the property. A person who owns property has title, or, the right to possess, control, and dispose of it by their will or deed. If they die without a will the property will descend to their heirs at law according to the laws of intestacy.

A deed must be in writing, on paper and properly executed. To be effective against the world it must also be recorded in the land records. It is evidence of ownership of land and therefore it is evidence of title. However, a deed is not the only means by which title to real property is passed. Title to real property can also pass through a will or other type of probate proceeding, by a court decree or by a taking in fee.

In order to change the ownership of real property the present owner must execute a deed that transfers ownership to a new owner. Once that new deed is delivered the new owner has Title to the property.

Answer 7

I think you have to go through having the deed changed, and I think it is expensive to do it as the whole deed has to be changed. I dont think they can just ad the name.

Answer 8

The owner must sign the title over to the transferee. You should inquire at the state department of motor vehicles.

Answer 9

i assume you go to your nearest city office and request a form to change the title or you can ask Google