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Louisiana Quitclaim Deed
PublicLegal-authored self-help deed form.
Provided for customers to complete with their own transaction information and submit to the proper local recording office. Recorder offices and state agencies may require separate supplemental forms, taxes, fees, or cover sheets, and requirements vary by jurisdiction and transaction. Review the product notes and confirm local recording requirements before relying on any completed deed.
What Is a Louisiana Quitclaim Act?
Louisiana is a civil-law jurisdiction. A Louisiana quitclaim-style transfer is best described as a transfer of rights under Civil Code Article 2502: the transferor transfers whatever rights the transferor has in immovable property without warranting that those rights exist. It is not a common-law quitclaim deed form.
When to Use a Louisiana Quitclaim Act
- Clearing a title issue or releasing a possible claim when a transfer-of-rights instrument is appropriate.
- Handling a known-party or family transfer where the parties understand that no warranty of the transferred rights is being given.
- Using Louisiana counsel, title, or notarial support when the transfer involves succession, donation, community property, mineral rights, trusts, or contested ownership.
Louisiana Requirements for Quitclaim Acts
- Signing: Louisiana transfer-of-rights acts generally identify and are signed by both the transferor and transferee. If the property is a Louisiana community immovable, both spouses generally must concur in the alienation unless a specific exception applies.
- Authentic Act: Louisiana immovable transfers are usually handled as an authentic act signed before a notary public and two witnesses. An act under private signature may be valid in limited circumstances, but it does not provide the same full-proof status as an authentic act.
- Remote Online Notarization: Remote online notarization cannot produce a Louisiana authentic act. Use Louisiana counsel, title, or notarial support before relying on remote execution for an immovable-property transfer.
- Recording: Record the act in the conveyance records of the parish where the property is located. Orleans Parish uses the Land Records Division of the Clerk of Civil District Court.
- Transfer Tax / Recording Fees: Louisiana does not impose a state real estate transfer tax on deeds. Parish recording fees apply and vary by parish.
- Legal Description: Use the full legal description for the immovable property from a prior recorded act, title commitment, survey, or other reliable title source. A street address alone is usually not enough.
Quitclaim Act vs Act of Sale with Warranty in Louisiana
A Louisiana transfer of rights under Civil Code Article 2502 transfers whatever rights the transferor has without warranty that those rights exist. A Louisiana act of sale with warranty is based on the Civil Code sales-warranty system, especially Civil Code Article 2500's warranty against eviction. Louisiana has no separate “grant deed” category.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Louisiana use common-law quitclaim deeds?
No. Louisiana uses civil-law acts for immovable-property transfers. The Louisiana quitclaim-style concept is a transfer of rights under Civil Code Article 2502.
What is an authentic act?
An authentic act is a writing executed before a notary public or other authorized officer, in the presence of two witnesses, and signed by each party who executed it, each witness, and the notary or officer. It is the standard Louisiana execution structure for immovable-property transfers.
Can I use remote online notarization for a Louisiana authentic act?
No. Louisiana law provides that remote online notarization cannot produce an authentic act. An remotely notarized instrument may have different status and should be reviewed with Louisiana counsel, title, or notarial support before recording.
Where do I record a Louisiana quitclaim act?
Record the act in the conveyance records of the parish where the immovable property is located. Orleans Parish uses the Land Records Division of the Clerk of Civil District Court.
Who provides this deed form?
PublicLegal provides this self-help deed form template for customers to complete with their own transaction information. For transaction-specific legal, title, tax, notarial, settlement, or recording guidance, consult a Louisiana attorney, title company, tax professional, Louisiana notary, or the appropriate parish recording office.
Does a quitclaim act release a mortgage or clear liens?
No. A transfer act changes title to immovable property. It does not release a borrower from an existing mortgage, remove liens or privileges, or replace lender consent, payoff, refinance, or assumption requirements.
"What does ILRG guarantee?"
ILRG provides self-help deed forms and download support. PublicLegal-authored deed forms are provided for customers to complete with their own transaction information. Deed recording requirements, supplemental forms, transfer taxes, title-company practices, and legal suitability vary by jurisdiction and transaction. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.