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State deed guide

Texas Deed Forms

Texas deed selection should account for warranty scope, quitclaim limitations, transfer-on-death and Lady Bird planning, trust funding, correction instruments, heirship evidence, County Clerk recording, community-property and homestead rules, and whether a title company or Texas attorney should review the transfer.

Guided routing

Texas deed choice at a glance

Start with the transaction type, then review the deed-specific cautions before choosing a form. Texas deed selection can affect title warranties, signing requirements, recording practice, tax consequences, lender review, and post-death title clearing.

9 available paths
01
Available
Ordinary sale with broad warranty

Texas Warranty Deed

Use when broad warranty-and-defense treatment is intended, subject to stated exceptions.

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02
Available
Limited warranty / commercial / REO

Texas Special Warranty Deed

Use when the grantor gives limited warranty promises tied to the grantor’s ownership period.

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03
Available
No-warranty transfer where title is conveyed

Texas Deed Without Warranty

Use when title is still being conveyed but deed warranties are intentionally excluded.

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04
Available, caution
Limited release of possible interest only

Texas Quitclaim Deed

Use only when quitclaim treatment is specifically intended and title-practice limitations are understood.

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05
Available
Statutory transfer at death

Texas Transfer-on-Death Deed

Use for the statutory Chapter 114 transfer-at-death path, not for an ordinary sale transfer.

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06
Available, caution
Enhanced life estate / Lady Bird planning

Texas Lady Bird Deed

Use for enhanced-life-estate planning after reviewing lender, Medicaid/MERP, tax, homestead, beneficiary, and title issues.

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07
Available, caution
Transfer Texas real property into an existing revocable living trust

Texas Revocable Living Trust Funding Deed

Use only for funding an already-created revocable trust after reviewing trustee vesting, qualifying-trust homestead, lender, title, and warranty issues.

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08
Available, caution
Nonmaterial correction to a recorded Texas instrument

Texas Correction Instrument

Use only for nonmaterial Texas Property Code § 5.028 corrections; material corrections require professional review.

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09
Available, caution
Heirship evidence for Texas real property

Texas Affidavit of Heirship

Use as deed-adjacent heirship evidence, not as a deed or probate substitute.

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10
Recommended
Homestead, divorce, probate, entity, mineral, seller-financing, fiduciary, or disputed-title issue

Professional review

Use attorney, title-company, lender, tax, probate, or mineral-rights support for specialty facts.

Use professional review before choosing or drafting this path.

Not sure which Texas deed to use?

Do not choose a quitclaim deed merely because you want a simple no-warranty transfer. Texas quitclaim deeds are recordable but often disfavored in title-insured or arm’s-length transactions. A Texas deed without warranty, special warranty deed, or attorney/title-company drafted deed may be more appropriate.

Available Texas deed and deed-adjacent forms

Recommended for many Texas sale transfers

Texas Warranty Deed

A Texas general warranty deed path for transfers where broad warranty-and-defense treatment is intended, subject to stated exceptions.

Best fit
  • ordinary arm's-length sales
  • title-insurance and lender transactions
  • general warranty treatment
Watch for
  • homestead, community-property, spouse-joinder, mineral, entity, trust, seller-financing, and title-company requirements may require professional review
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Available but widely disfavored in Texas

Texas Quitclaim Deed

A Texas quitclaim deed path for selected known-party transfers where the grantor releases only whatever interest the grantor may have and gives no title warranty.

Best fit
  • limited known-party or title-clearing transfers where quitclaim treatment is specifically intended
Watch for
  • often disfavored by title insurers and purchasers
  • not the preferred Texas no-warranty sale instrument
  • a deed without warranty may be a better fit when Texas counsel or a title company recommends that form
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Available statutory Texas estate-planning form

Texas Transfer-on-Death Deed

A Texas transfer-on-death deed is a statutory avoid-probate deed path that transfers real property at death instead of making a present sale transfer.

Best fit
  • estate-planning transfer at death
  • owners who want a recorded beneficiary deed rather than a present conveyance
Watch for
  • not an ordinary sale deed
  • Texas TODD rules include recording before death, owner capacity, no power-of-attorney signing, creditor-claim timing, and post-death title issues
View Texas Transfer-on-Death Deed

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Available enhanced-life-estate Texas deed form

Texas Lady Bird Deed

A Texas Lady Bird deed / enhanced life estate deed path for owners who want to keep lifetime control while naming a remainder beneficiary for property still owned at death.

Best fit
  • enhanced life estate planning
  • owners comparing Lady Bird and transfer-on-death deed options
  • probate-avoidance planning after title, lender, tax, Medicaid/MERP, and counsel review
Watch for
  • not the same as a statutory Texas transfer-on-death deed
  • lender due-on-sale, Medicaid/MERP, tax, homestead, beneficiary, POA, and title-company issues can be transaction-specific
  • Texas attorney and title-company review is strongly recommended before signing
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Available deed-to-trust funding form

Texas Revocable Living Trust Funding Deed

A Texas revocable living trust funding deed path for owners conveying Texas real property into their own already-created revocable living trust, with title vested in the trustee.

Best fit
  • funding an existing revocable living trust with Texas real property
  • deed-without-warranty trust funding where trustee vesting is confirmed
Watch for
  • does not create or validate the trust
  • confirm exact trustee vesting, trust authority, qualifying-trust homestead treatment, spouse joinder, lender, insurance, tax, and title-company requirements
  • warranty posture and chain-of-title issues should be reviewed before signing
View Texas Trust Funding Deed

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Available no-warranty Texas conveyance form

Texas Deed Without Warranty

A Texas deed-without-warranty path for no-warranty transfers where title is still being conveyed and deed-without-warranty treatment is specifically intended.

Best fit
  • transactions where Texas counsel or a title company recommends a deed without warranty
Watch for
  • provides no title warranties
  • wording must clearly address warranty scope and avoid unintended implied-covenant language
  • not a substitute for title-company, lender, tax, or attorney review
View Texas Deed Without Warranty

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Available limited-warranty Texas deed form

Texas Special Warranty Deed

A Texas special warranty deed path for transfers where the grantor is giving limited warranty-and-defense promises tied to the grantor’s ownership period, subject to stated exceptions.

Best fit
  • limited-warranty transfers
  • commercial, REO, or title-company-directed transactions when special warranty treatment is intended
Watch for
  • warranty scope is narrower than a general warranty deed
  • not the same as a no-warranty deed or quitclaim deed
  • confirm lender, title-company, entity, trust, and homestead requirements before signing
View Texas Special Warranty Deed

$9.99 — instant download

Available for narrow nonmaterial corrections

Texas Correction Deed / Correction Instrument

A Texas correction instrument path for nonmaterial corrections under Texas Property Code § 5.028; the instrument corrects a recorded instrument and conveys nothing.

Best fit
  • clerical or inadvertent nonmaterial corrections to a recorded Texas conveyance instrument
Watch for
  • not for material corrections under § 5.029
  • must disclose the signer’s personal-knowledge basis
  • notice and multi-county recording can apply
  • title-company acceptance may require all affected parties even when the statute allows a narrower signing path
View Texas Correction Instrument

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Available deed-adjacent heirship evidence form

Texas Affidavit of Heirship

A Texas affidavit-of-heirship path for sworn family-history and heirship facts used as real-property title evidence; it is not a deed and does not convey title.

Best fit
  • uncomplicated Texas heirship facts where knowledgeable affiants can swear to family and marital history
  • supporting later deeds or title-company review after a death
Watch for
  • not a probate substitute or title transfer
  • different from a Texas TODD affidavit of death
  • use probate counsel or title-company review for wills, disputes, minors, missing heirs, MERP, creditors, or title-insured transactions
View Texas Affidavit of Heirship

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Other Texas deed situations

Not a separate Texas deed category

Texas Grant Deed

Texas does not generally use “grant deed” as a separate consumer deed-type label; choose a warranty deed, quitclaim deed, deed without warranty, or professional drafting based on the intended transfer and warranty scope.

Best fit
  • comparison only
Watch for
  • do not rely on a grant-deed label to choose the warranty scope
  • use warranty, quitclaim, deed-without-warranty, or professional drafting by scenario
Choose another Texas deed type
Professional drafting may be needed

Texas Other Specialty Deed

Texas divorce, seller-financed, entity, mineral, easement, fiduciary, foreclosure, and other specialty deed situations are not currently offered here as self-service deed forms.

Best fit
  • professional drafting or future PublicLegal form availability
Watch for
  • use attorney, title-company, lender, probate, tax, or mineral-rights support for specialty facts
Use professional drafting for these situations
Use Texas attorney, title, lender, tax, or county support

Specialty deed issues

Material correction, fiduciary, probate, homestead, spouse-joinder, community-property, mineral, easement, foreclosure, seller-financing, non-routine trust, capacity, title-defect, and creditor issues require individualized help.

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

Important Texas recording notes

  • Texas deeds are recorded with the County Clerk for the county where the real property is located; property in multiple counties may require recording in each county.
  • Texas deeds transferring real-property interests to or from an individual generally need the Texas confidentiality-rights notice at the top of the first page in the required format.
  • Most Texas deeds must be acknowledged, sworn to, or proved for recording; use signature blocks that identify each signer with a printed or typed name, and keep the document legible for recording.
  • Texas is a community-property state, and if the property is a Texas homestead, both spouses generally must join in the conveyance even if only one spouse holds record title.
  • Texas has no state real-estate transfer tax, but county recording fees, title-company requirements, lender requirements, and federal tax issues can still apply.
  • A Texas transfer-on-death deed is a separate statutory estate-planning path and is available as a PublicLegal self-service form.
  • A Texas Lady Bird deed is a separate enhanced-life-estate planning path and is available as a PublicLegal self-service form, but lender, Medicaid/MERP, tax, homestead, beneficiary, and title-company issues should be reviewed carefully.
  • Texas trust-funding deeds, correction instruments, and heirship affidavits are now available as separate PublicLegal forms, but each has narrow use limits and professional-review triggers.
  • Mineral, easement, fiduciary-capacity drafting, seller-financing, foreclosure, and other specialty deed issues are not currently offered here as separate Texas self-service options.

PublicLegal scope

Self-help scope

PublicLegal self-help guidance for customer-completed deed forms — not legal advice or a substitute for Texas attorney, title-company, tax, lender, or County 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.

Review status

Law and recording-practice review

Texas deed guide last revised: July 1, 2026.