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Deed Requirements All deeds and other property-related documents must be accompanied by a completed Maryland State Intake Sheet. A deed which changes or transfers ownership of property must be accompanied by a lien certificate. A deed submitted without a lien certificate will not be processed.

In other words, if your name is on the deed, you are tenants-by-the-entireties, and if one of you dies, the other owns the property entirely. If you are not on the mortgage for whatever reason, you are not liable for paying the mortgage loan. That said, you get your spouse's interest in the property if they die.

The PA deed transfer tax is generally about 2% of the final sales price, which consists of two different sets of fees: The state of Pennsylvania charges 1% of the sales price. The locality charges a second fee usually totaling about 1%, which is split between the municipality and school district.

In Maryland, real estate can be transferred via a TOD deed, also known as a beneficiary deed. This deed allows a property owner to designate a beneficiary who will automatically inherit the property upon the owner's death, avoiding probate.

To add a name to a deed in Maryland, you must prepare a new deed that includes both the current owner's name and the new owner's name. The current owner is the grantor, and the new owner is the grantee. The new deed should include a legal description of the property.

Form PTAX-203, Illinois Real Estate Transfer Declaration, is completed by the buyer and seller and filed at the county in which the property is located. Form PTAX-203-A, Illinois Real Estate Transfer Declaration Supplemental Form A, is used for non-residential property with a sale price over $1 million.

Transfer tax is at the rate of . 5 percent of the actual consideration, unless they are a first-time Maryland home buyer purchasing a principal place of residence, in that case the transfer tax rate is . 25 percent of the actual consideration.