Deed Transferring Real Property into Living Trust - Massachusetts
QUITCLAIM DEED — TRANSFER TO LIVING TRUST
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Prepared by: [________________________________]
Return recorded deed to: [NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS: ________________________________]
Registry or registered-land district: [________________________________]
Property address: [________________________________]
Current deed or certificate reference: [BOOK/PAGE OR CERTIFICATE/DOCUMENT NUMBER: ________________________________]
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE
Grantor full legal name: [________________________________]
Grantor residence and post office address: [________________________________]
Additional grantor with an interest in the property, if any: [NAME AND ADDRESS: ________________________________]
Grantee full legal name: [________________________________], as Trustee of the [TRUST NAME: ________________________________] dated [__/__/____], and not individually.
Grantee residence and post office address: [________________________________]
Additional current trustee, if title is to be held by more than one trustee: [NAME AND ADDRESS: ________________________________]
CONSIDERATION
The full consideration for this conveyance is:
☐ $[________] in money.
☐ Other consideration, described completely: [________________________________].
The grantor and grantee state the actual consideration and transaction. Any deed excise under M.G.L. c. 64D, § 1 shall be determined from those facts and the applicable law.
CONVEYANCE
For the consideration stated above, the Grantor grants, with quitclaim covenants, to the Grantee as Trustee, and to the Trustee's successors in that capacity, in fee simple, the real property in [CITY/TOWN: ________________________________], [COUNTY OR REGISTRY DISTRICT: ________________________________], Massachusetts, described in Exhibit A attached and incorporated into this deed.
The conveyance includes the improvements and appurtenant rights belonging to the described property, subject only to the specifically stated exceptions in Exhibit B, if any. The Grantor makes the quitclaim covenants defined by M.G.L. c. 183, § 17.
Trust certification or relevant excerpts furnished to the recipient, if requested under M.G.L. c. 203E, § 1013: [DOCUMENT AND DATE: ________________________________].
EXECUTION
Signed on [__/__/____].
Grantor signature: ______________________________________
Printed name: [________________________________]
Additional grantor signature, if applicable: ______________________________________
Printed name: [________________________________]
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of [________________________________]
On this [____] day of [____________], [______], before me, the undersigned notary public, [GRANTOR NAME(S): ________________________________] personally appeared, proved to me through satisfactory evidence of identification, which were [________________________________], to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are signed on this deed, and acknowledged to me that the person(s) signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose.
Notary public signature and seal: ______________________________________
Printed name: [________________________________]
Commission expires: [__/__/____]
EXHIBIT A — LEGAL DESCRIPTION
[INSERT THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FROM VERIFIED TITLE RECORDS, INCLUDING ANY LOT, PLAN, EASEMENT, AND PRIOR-DEED REFERENCE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE PROPERTY.]
[________________________________]
EXHIBIT B — EXPRESS TITLE EXCEPTIONS
[List each exception expressly accepted for this conveyance, with its recording reference. Write “None” if there are no express exceptions.]
[________________________________]
About this template
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 15, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Category
- Estate Planning & Wills
Legal authority
- M.G.L. c. 183, § 6
- M.G.L. c. 183, § 11
- M.G.L. c. 183, § 17
- M.G.L. c. 183, § 29
- M.G.L. c. 222, § 15(b)
- M.G.L. c. 64D, § 1
- M.G.L. c. 203E, § 1013
Estate planning documents decide what happens to your property, your children, and your medical care when you cannot make those decisions yourself. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives each serve different purposes and each have to meet state law requirements for signing, witnessing, and notarization. A document that looks fine on the page but was not executed correctly can be rejected in probate, which is exactly when it is too late to fix.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 15, 2026.
M.G.L. c. 183, § 6 (checked October 15, 2026): "Every deed presented for record shall contain or have endorsed upon it the full name, residence and post office address of the grantee and a recital of the amount of the full consideration thereof in dollars or the nature of the other consideration therefor, if not delivered for a specific monetary sum."
M.G.L. c. 183, § 11 (checked October 15, 2026): "A deed in substance following the form entitled ''Quitclaim Deed'' shall when duly executed have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee"
M.G.L. c. 183, § 17 (checked October 15, 2026): "In a conveyance of real estate the words ''quitclaim covenants'' or the words ''limited covenants'' shall have the full force, meaning and effect of the following words"
M.G.L. c. 183, § 29 (checked October 15, 2026): "No deed shall be recorded unless a certificate of its acknowledgment or of the proof of its due execution, made as hereinafter provided, is endorsed upon or annexed to it"
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