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The requirements for variation of a deed It was formerly a rule of common law that contracts entered into by way of deed could only be varied by deed. This conflicted with an equitable rule that allowed variation to a deed to be made by way of a simple contract (whether in writing or orally).

Quitclaim deeds are the most common type of deed in Massachusetts. The primary difference between a quitclaim deed and a warranty deed is that while a warranty deed makes guarantees for the time before the grantor's ownership, a quitclaim deed only makes guarantees for the time of the grantor's ownership.

The registry of deeds charges a fee of $125 to record the deed which the buyer pays. All deeds must be notarized by a notary public who must verify the sellers' identification through a state issued driver's license or acceptable form of identification.

A Massachusetts quitclaim deed is the most common type of deed for real estate transfers in Massachusetts. Quitclaim deeds transfer property with a partial warranty of title?splitting the risk of unknown title problems between the current owner (the grantor or transferor) and the new owner (the grantee or transferee).

The deed is the legal document that ?documents? change of ownership, i.e. the transfer of title from one owner to another. The title is not a physical object. It is more a concept which defines the person, more than one person, business or other entity who owns the property.

A quitclaim deed is most often used for transferring property between family members, or to add or remove a person to the title, or or to cure a simple defect on the title, such as a mistake in an address or the misspelling of a name.