Quitclaim Deed Make Modifiable For Free

In California, the statute of limitations is five years. Any challenge to the quitclaim must be based on either a procedural error or on undo duress.

A quitclaim deed can be canceled due to the incompetency of the grantor as well. This also requires filing a lawsuit and asking a judge to rule that the grantor wasn't in her right mind at the time she signed the deed.

Once a quitclaim deed has been signed and recorded, it cannot be undone as the previous property owner has already transferred the property to the new owner. The new owner would have to voluntarily give back the property to the original owner.

If you have two names on a deed and one the mortgage, however, you are not out of luck. While most lenders will not allow you to add a party to a mortgage, they will allow you to refinance the mortgage in both of your names.There are significant costs to a refinancing, typically between 2% and 5% of the loan amount.

Once the transfer is complete, there is no way to nullify or undo a quitclaim deed unless both parties consent to the arrangement. If the original grantor does agree to take back the property, you must draft and file a new quitclaim deed to void the original.

If you draw up a valid quit claim deed and record it, you cannot "reverse" the transfer of property interest unless you prove to a court that it resulted from fraud or other illegal influence.

The drawback, quite simply, is that quitclaim deeds offer the grantee/recipient no protection or guarantees whatsoever about the property or their ownership of it. Maybe the grantor did not own the property at all, or maybe they only had partial ownership.