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The quitclaim deed would transfer title from the community or joint property to separate property. A quitclaim deed is legally binding. The transferring spouse eliminates his rights to the property after signing it.

Deeds must be in writing and will typically be executed in the presence of a witness, although in the case of a company a deed may be executed effectively by two directors or a director and the company secretary. Specific wording should also be included above the signature blocks.

A copy of every deed and mortgage recorded since 1637 is on file in the Register's Office. These documents are preserved in the Record Room, an area of the Office that is open to interested citizens, attorneys, title searchers, historians and genealogists for their research, reference and study.

In Law Com No 386, referred to in the previous section (see Mercury signatures), the Law Commission concluded that an electronic signature was capable in law of being used to execute a document, including a deed.

In New Jersey, the deed must be in English, identify the seller/buyer (grantor/grantee), name the person that prepared the deed, state the consideration (amount paid) for the transfer, contain a legal description of the property (a survey), include the signature of the grantor and be signed before a notary.

For the most part, the deeds are recorded fairly promptly, but take six to ten weeks to get back a recorded deed from the clerk's office, so be patient.

Deeds must be in writing and will typically be executed in the presence of a witness, although in the case of a company a deed may be executed effectively by two directors or a director and the company secretary. Specific wording should also be included above the signature blocks.