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State deed guide

Connecticut Deed Forms

Connecticut deed selection turns on statutory warranty or quitclaim covenants, two-witness execution, town land-recording practices, conveyance-tax filings, and whether attorney or title-company help is needed.

Recommended for many Connecticut sale transfers

Connecticut Warranty Deed

A Connecticut warranty deed path for transfers where statutory warranty-covenant treatment is intended.

Best fit
  • ordinary arm's-length sales
  • title-insurance and lender transactions
  • statutory warranty covenants
Watch for
  • two-witness execution, Town Clerk recording, OP-236/myCTREC, and conveyance-tax issues are separate from selecting the deed type
  • attorney or title-company review is common for Connecticut closings
View Connecticut Warranty Deed
Available for selected no-warranty transfers

Connecticut Quitclaim Deed

A Connecticut quitclaim path for selected transfers where no title-warranty covenants are intended.

Best fit
  • family transfers
  • trust funding
  • title-clearing
  • divorce-related transfers
Watch for
  • not the customary deed for many arm's-length sales
  • provides no statutory warranty covenants
  • two-witness and conveyance-tax requirements may still apply
View Connecticut Quitclaim Deed
Not currently offered for self-service

Connecticut Grant Deed

Connecticut does not use an approved PublicLegal grant-deed product path in this wave; choose warranty, quitclaim, or professional drafting based on intended covenant scope.

Best fit
  • comparison only
Watch for
  • do not link the inactive Connecticut grant-deed URL as a product
  • grant-label treatment remains gated for separate review
Not currently offered for self-service
Not currently offered for self-service

Connecticut Special Warranty / Other Legal Form

Limited-covenant or special-warranty treatment may require a nonstandard Connecticut deed form and professional drafting.

Best fit
  • commercial, REO, fiduciary, or limited-covenant transfers with counsel
Watch for
  • not a current PublicLegal self-service product
  • use attorney or title-company help for covenant-scope decisions
Not currently offered for self-service
Not currently available in Connecticut

Connecticut Transfer-on-Death / Lady Bird Deed

Connecticut does not currently provide a PublicLegal transfer-on-death or Lady Bird deed path for real property.

Best fit
  • estate-planning review with counsel
Watch for
  • use a Connecticut attorney for probate-avoidance or survivorship planning
Not currently offered for self-service
Use Connecticut attorney, title, tax, or town support

Specialty deed issues

Correction, fiduciary, probate, tax, capacity, title-defect, MERS, e-recording, closing, and other specialty deed issues require individualized help.

Watch for
  • use a lawyer, title company, tax professional, Town Clerk, court, or agency path for specialty facts
Professional help recommended

Important Connecticut recording notes

  • Connecticut deeds are recorded with the Town Clerk for the town or city where the property is located, not with a county recorder.
  • Connecticut-executed deeds generally require acknowledgment and two witnesses; the acknowledging officer may be able to serve as one witness if qualified.
  • Connecticut conveyance-tax filing, OP-236/myCTREC, municipal tax layers, and local recording fees are separate recording and closing issues.
  • Remote notarization should not be used for Connecticut real-estate closing documents unless Connecticut counsel approves the exact execution method.
  • Grant, special-warranty, TOD, Lady Bird, correction, fiduciary, and other specialty deed paths remain gated unless separately approved.

How to choose

Ordinary sale or title-insurance transaction

A Connecticut warranty deed is the usual PublicLegal starting point when statutory warranty covenants are intended.

Family, trust, divorce, or title-clearing transfer

A Connecticut quitclaim deed may fit selected known-party transfers where no warranty covenants are intended.

Closing, tax, witness, or specialty facts

Use Connecticut attorney, title, tax, or Town Clerk support for transaction-specific execution, conveyance-tax, and recording questions.

PublicLegal scope

Self-help scope

PublicLegal self-help guidance for customer-completed deed forms — not legal advice or a substitute for Connecticut attorney, title, tax, or Town Clerk review.

Professional help

This guide helps compare deed paths. It does not replace advice from a lawyer, title company, escrow professional, lender, court, or recorder.