Regarding Real Property

In general, a grantor is someone who transfers a property right to a grantee. In a real estate transaction, the grantor is the current holder of the property right, or in other words, the seller. The deed, which transfers ownership, is the grant.

Proving Ownership. Get a copy of the deed to the property. The easiest way to prove your ownership of a house is with a title deed or grant deed that has your name on it. Deeds typically are filed in the recorder's office of the county where the property is located.

A property deed, or house deed, is a legal document that transfers ownership of real estate from the grantor (seller) to the grantee (buyer). Property deeds are the legal tool of defining ownership. When a property or house is sold, the buyer and seller sign the deed to transfer ownership.

The Grantor is any person conveying or encumbering, whom any Lis Pendens, Judgments, Writ of Attachment, or Claims of Separate or Community Property shall be placed on record. The Grantor is the seller (on deeds), or borrower (on mortgages). The Grantor is usually the one who signed the document.

Grantor The one who relinquishes an interest. Grantor-Grantee Index The record of the passing of title to all the properties in a county as kept by the county recorder's office.

A grantee is the recipient of something, such as a college grant or real estate property. A grantor is a person or entity that transfers to another person or entity the interest or ownership rights to an asset. Legal documents, such as deeds, detail the transfer of assets between grantors and grantees.

The grantor is the owner, and the grantee is the buyer who is acquiring an equitable interest but not bare legal interest in a property. It's essential that a deed clearly states the grantee, grantor, and a description of the property involved in the transaction.

The Grantee in a Quitclaim Deed is the person who is being given interest in a property from the Grantor. It is possible for someone to be both a Grantor and a Grantee in a Quitclaim Deed.Most real estate deeds are notarized by attorneys.