A document escrow agreement is a contract between two or more parties where an escrow agent agrees to hold a document until a contractual obligation is filled. Under the agreement, one party agrees to deliver the document to the escrow agent by a certain date.
What is document escrow? Document escrow is the process of depositing important documents with a trusted third party like Codekeeper for safekeeping. We hold the documents until certain predetermined conditions are met, at which point the documents are released to the document owner or another designated party.
An escrow agreement is a contract that outlines the terms and conditions between parties involved, and the responsibility of each. Escrow agreements generally involve an independent third party, called an escrow agent, who holds an asset of value until the specified conditions of the contract are met.
The Escrow Holder: prepares escrow instructions. requests a preliminary title search to determine the present condition of title to the property. requests a beneficiary's statement if debt or obligation is to be taken over by the buyer. complies with lender's requirements, specified in the escrow agreement.
IMPORTANT: Deeds related to Broward County properties must be recorded with the Broward County Records Division in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Click here to visit their website.
A person can file a quitclaim deed by (1) entering the relevant information on a quitclaim deed form, (2) signing the deed with two witnesses and a notary, and (3) recording the deed at the county comptroller's office. In Florida, quitclaim deeds must have the name and address of both the grantor and the grantee.