Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Arizona

Quick Claim Deed

What legal right does someone have to a piece of property if they were quick claim deeded to the property but are not on the actual mortgage or original title?


Asked on 8/04/08, 12:19 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Brian Blum Blum Law Office, PLC

Re: Quick Claim Deed

First, it's called a "Quit Claim" deed. A person who receives property by a quit claim deed (the "Grantee") has whatever rights in the property that the person who gave the property (the "Grantor") had.

If there is a mortgage then the Grantee owns the property subject to the mortgage. However, as a practical matter, if the bank finds out about the quit claim, then they might exercise their right to accelerate the payments. This means that the bank can make you pay off the entire loan (or refinance in the name of the Grantee).

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Answered on 8/04/08, 12:24 pm


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