A quitclaim deed transfers property without guaranteeing ownership, making it useful for family or trust transfers but risky for recipients. Learn when it's safe.

Unlike a warranty deed, a quitclaim doesn’t offer any guarantee that the person had a claim to the property in the first place. Robin Hartill is a certified financial planner and a senior editor at ...

CONCORD — Attorney General John Formella urges real estate owners to be diligent amid reports of quit claim deed fraud in New Hampshire. Deed fraud occurs when scammers forge documents in order to ...

As a first point, many people don’t even know how to pronounce the phrase “quitclaim deeds” and call them “quick claim deeds.” Ironically, “quick claim” is a speciously apt nickname for quitclaim ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — This girl is going around, attaching herself to properties with a Quit Claim Deed? A Quit Claim Deed can attach you to somebody else’s property? Really?” Tara Dumas said in ...

I recently drew up a will with a lawyer. I wanted to put my three children on my deed so they would receive my house after my death. The lawyer said that could be done, but when he got a copy of my ...

Reina Marszalek is a senior mortgage editor at Fox Money who has spent more than 10 years writing and editing content. Fox Money is a personal finance hub featuring content generated by Credible ...