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Indiana deed packet
An Indiana warranty deed transfers real estate with the grantor's title warranties. Download the editable Word deed and step-by-step completion and recording checklist.
Is this the right deed type? A warranty deed includes the grantor's full title warranties — the broadest title protection of the standard deed types.
This download includes 2 documents in editable Word format. Complete them on your own computer, then print, sign, and record.
Packet is delivered in Word format; no blank PDF of the deed is included.
A simple three-step workflow; the packet guides you through each one.
Gather the current deed or title record and the exact legal description of the property before you start.
Complete the blank deed and follow the included state guidance for signing, acknowledgment, and related requirements.
Confirm your county recorder's cover sheets, transfer forms, fees, and local practices, then submit the executed deed.
See page 1 of the actual blank form and review a plain-language outline of what appears on page 1. The complete formatted packet is delivered after checkout.
INDIANA WARRANTY DEED.
Recording and return information: fields for the preparer and return-to recipient names, mailing addresses, and related recording details, with a County Recorder stamp band and auditor-endorsement note.
Party information: grantor and grantee names, mailing addresses, marital status, vesting, and the grantee mailing and tax-billing addresses required by IC 32-21-2-3.
Consideration: a replaceable consideration prompt (nominal $10 recital or the actual consideration) and a statutory “for the sum of” field. Indiana has no statewide transfer tax.
Property description: the legal description of the property, or a reference to an attached exhibit.
Statutory warranty conveyance: the grantor conveys and warrants under IC 32-17-1-2 — five covenants covering all encumbrances, not six, and no further-assurances promise.
About this Indiana form
An Indiana warranty deed is the statutory IC 32-17-1-2 form. The operative words are “conveys and warrants.” Those words make a fee-simple conveyance with five covenants: (1) lawfully seized; (2) good right to convey; (3) quiet possession; (4) free from all encumbrances except as stated; and (5) warrant and defend against all lawful claims. Encumbrances means all encumbrances, not merely undisclosed ones. Indiana does not import a sixth covenant of further assurances.
An Indiana statutory warranty deed (IC 32-17-1-2) uses “conveys and warrants” and imports five covenants covering all encumbrances. An Indiana quitclaim (IC 32-21-1-15) uses “quitclaims” and imports none. Indiana has no separate “grant deed” category. A limited or special warranty is a different instrument and is not this packet.
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.
ILRG provides self-help deed forms and download support. Attorney-reviewed PublicLegal-authored deed forms are provided for you to complete with your 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.
An Indiana statutory warranty deed imports five covenants under IC 32-17-1-2: seisin, good right to convey, quiet possession, freedom from all encumbrances except as stated, and warrant and defend against all lawful claims. It does not import further assurances. Encumbrances are not limited to “undisclosed” liens.
No. Indiana has no statewide real-estate transfer tax. Do not use a $1.00-per-$500 figure. The statewide recording fee is $25 for a deed plus statutory add-ons.
Obtain the county-auditor endorsement, then record with the County Recorder of the county where the land lies.
No. A deed transfers title. It does not release a borrower from an existing mortgage, remove liens, or replace lender consent, payoff, refinance, or assumption.
If title is held as tenants by the entirety, both spouses must sign. Indiana homestead is a tax deduction, not the signature trigger. A titled spouse signs as a grantor.
PublicLegal provides this self-help deed form template for customers to complete with their own transaction information. For transaction-specific legal, title, tax, or recording guidance, consult an attorney, title company, tax professional, or the local recording office.
A warranty deed includes the grantor's warranty covenants — generally a promise that the grantor owns the property and will defend the title against claims, subject to any exceptions stated in the deed. It offers the grantee broader title protection than a quitclaim deed.
Warranty deeds are commonly used in arm's-length sales and other transfers where the grantee wants full title warranties from the grantor. Lenders and title insurers generally expect them for ordinary purchases.
The packet includes the blank state-specific deed in editable Word format plus a separate completion instructions and checklist document. A completed sample PDF may be offered as an optional add-on.
Recording offices review formatting, execution requirements such as notarization, and any required supplemental forms or fees, which vary by county. The included instructions cover the general process; confirm your county's current requirements before you record.