- 1). Contact the lender before removing your name from the deed of trust. Explain the reason for the permanent change.
- 2). Download a quitclaim deed, an instrument used to transfer a person's legal interest in real property to another entity. Blank templates are available online and at local office supply stores.
- 3). Prepare the quitclaim deed. Identify yourself as the person relinquishing property, known as the grantor. Identify your family member as the person receiving property, known as the grantee. Provide a legal description of the property, which you can find on the property title.
- 4). Relinquish ownership in the property by signing the quitclaim deed. Have your family member sign the form as well. Comply with state signing requirements, which often require you to notarize a quitclaim deed.
- 5). Record the quitclaim deed at the office of the register of deeds in the county where the property is located (filing fees apply). The quitclaim deed is now public record.
- 6). Provide the lender with a copy of the quitclaim deed. The lender will keep the copy in your permanent file.
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