If the person to be removed is alive, then you will need a court order or their cooperation such that you can record a new deed that removes them. Quitclaim and warranty deeds are common solutions. If an owner of a property has passed away, you will need to transfer the property to the living owners.
The outcome of a partition action is that the co-ownership is terminated, thereby ending the uncomfortable issues that arise from co-ownership of real estate in California.
In real estate law, "assignment" is simply the transfer of a deed of trust from one party to another.
Transfers of real property must be in writing and notarized. Deeds should be recorded in the county where the property is located. To ensure a legal change to the property title, you'll want the services of an attorney. A qualified attorney will prepare and file the real estate transfer deed.
To remove someone from the deed on real property in the US, you will need that person to sign a quit-claim. The quit-claim is filed at the county office and they will deliver to you a new deed with that person removed.
Transfers of real property must be in writing and notarized. Deeds should be recorded in the county where the property is located. To ensure a legal change to the property title, you'll want the services of an attorney. A qualified attorney will prepare and file the real estate transfer deed.
The spouse whose name is to be removed from the title will need to sign the deed in front of any notary. This can be done anywhere in the world. The signed and notarized deed will then need to be filed with the county clerk's office in the county where the property is located.
And if someone wants to put you on their deed, they must tell you — not surprise you. Otherwise, you could lose the property over a court challenge that you never acknowledged receipt of the deed during the transferor's life.