Real Property Transfer

• 1). Visit your local law library and obtain a grant deed legal form. Law libraries are usually found in courthouses. If you cannot access a law library, download a a grant deed from the Public Legal Forms website (see Resources link). Fill out the grant deed with the name of the party to whom you are transferring the real property. Insert the name of the trust as the current owner of the property. Insert the legal description of the real property. The legal description of the real property must also be described in the grant deed. The legal description of the property can be found at the county recorder's office.
  
  
• 2). Sign and date the grant deed as the trustee of the trust. If you are the trustor or beneficiary, and not the trustee, request that the trustee sign the grant deed.
  
  
• 3). Ask a notary public to notarize the grant deed. The notary public will sign and stamp your grant deed. Upon notarization, your transfer will go into effect.
  
  

Personal Property Transfer

• 1). Obtain a legal form for a contract for the exchange or sale of personal property from your your local law library. Law libraries are usually found in courthouses. If you cannot access a law library, download a contract to sell personal property from the Public Legal Forms website (see Resources link). Fill in the written contract with the name of both the trust and the third party. Write down the consideration of the transfer. The consideration is the property being transferred and the money or property given in exchange.
  
  
• 2). Sign and date the contract as the trustee of the trust or request the trustee to sign the contract. Ask the third party to sign and date the contract.
  
  
• 3). Ask a notary public to notarize the grant deed. The notary public will sign and stamp your grant deed. Upon notarization, your transfer will go into effect.