This is a generic form for the sale of residential real estate. Please check your state=s law regarding the sale of residential real estate to insure that no deletions or additions need to be made to the form. This form has a contingency that the Buyers= mortgage loan be approved. A possible cap is placed on the amount of closing costs that the Sellers will have to pay. Buyers represent that they have inspected and examined the property and all improvements and accept the property in its "as is" and present condition.
Closing Property Title For Married Couple In Fairfax
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Tenancy by the entirety refers to a form of shared property ownership that is usually reserved only for married couples. A tenancy by the entirety permits spouses to jointly own property as a single legal entity. This means that each spouse has an equal and undivided interest in the property.
The address of the Land Records Division is: Fairfax Circuit Court, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 317, Fairfax, VA 22030. The telephone number is 703/691-7320 (press 3, then 3). The office is open from a.m. – p.m. Monday through Friday.
The divorce and equitable distribution statute, Section 20-107.3 of the Virginia Code, provides that property owned before the marriage is separate property.
Perhaps the most common way for unmarried couples to take title to real property is as "tenants in common." Unlike a joint tenancy, a tenant in common has no automatic right to inherit the property when the other partner dies.
Utilizing a revocable trust is the best way for a married couple to take title. Titling property in your trust avoids probate upon the death of both the initial and surviving spouses and preserves the capital gains step up for the entire property on the first death.
When any joint tenant dies, before or after the vesting of the estate, whether the estate is real or personal, or whether partition could have been compelled or not, his part shall descend to his heirs, pass by devise, or go to his personal representative, subject to debts or distribution, as if he had been a tenant in ...
The state of Virginia has three transfer taxes and two record taxes (think of the record tax as a mortgage tax stamp). The buyer usually pays state and county land transfer taxes. The seller pays a property transfer tax to the state, also known as the VA Grantor tax.
Fairfax County sales tax details The minimum combined 2025 sales tax rate for Fairfax County, Virginia is 6.0%. This is the total of state, county, and city sales tax rates. The Virginia sales tax rate is currently 4.3%.
Grantor's Tax $0.15 per $100 of value on deeds (for transportation).