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Missouri deed packet
A Missouri 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.
MISSOURI WARRANTY DEED.
Recording and return information: a 3-inch Recorder of Deeds stamp band, plus county or City of St. Louis, return-to / preparer, one grantee mailing address, and grantor marital-status fields.
Party information: grantor and grantee names, mailing addresses, marital status, and vesting details as required by Missouri practice.
Property description: the legal description of the property, or a first-page reference to Exhibit A.
Warranty conveyance — general warranty: the grantor conveys and warrants and defends the title against all persons whomsoever. This is not a statutory grant-bargain-and-sell deed.
About this Missouri form
A Missouri warranty deed transfers Missouri real estate with broad deed-warranty protection. It is different from Missouri's statutory grant, bargain, and sell deed, which carries narrower grant-deed covenants under section 442.420.
A Missouri warranty deed provides broader warranty protection than a quitclaim deed or Missouri statutory grant deed. A quitclaim deed transfers only whatever interest the grantor has, without warranties. Missouri grant, bargain, and sell covenants are valid but narrower and should not be equated with full general warranty protection.
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.
A Missouri warranty deed uses express general warranty covenants. A Missouri grant deed is valid, but the statutory grant, bargain, and sell language under section 442.420 implies a narrower set of covenants and is not the same as a full general warranty deed.
No. Missouri ordinary deeds require acknowledgment or proof, but not witnesses.
No. Missouri has no state real estate transfer tax and no nonresident-seller real-estate withholding at closing. County recording fees still apply.
If the property is a married person's homestead, both spouses generally must join a deed, mortgage, or other encumbrance.
PublicLegal provides this self-help deed form template for customers to complete with their own transaction information. For transaction-specific legal, title, or recording guidance, consult an attorney, title company, or the local recording office. Recording offices and state agencies may require separate supplemental forms, taxes, fees, or cover sheets.
No. A deed transfers title to real property. It does not release a borrower from an existing mortgage or deed of trust, remove liens, or replace lender consent, payoff, refinance, or assumption requirements.
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.