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765 ILCS 5/10 (2026)

Quitclaim deeds may be, in substance, in the following form:     The grantor (here insert grantor's name or names and place of residence), for the consideration of (here insert consideration), convey and quit claim to (here insert grantee's name or names) all interest in the following described real estate (here insert description), situated in the County of

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(765 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 30, par. 9)
    Sec. 10. Quitclaim deeds may be, in substance, in the following form:
    The grantor (here insert grantor's name or names and place of residence), for the consideration of (here insert consideration), convey and quit claim to (here insert grantee's name or names) all interest in the following described real estate (here insert description), situated in the County of ...., in the State of Illinois.
    Dated (insert date).
(signature of grantor or grantors)

    The names of the parties shall be typed or printed below the signatures. Such form shall have a blank space of 3 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches for use by the recorder. However, the failure to comply with the requirement that the names of the parties be typed or printed below the signatures and that the form have a blank space of 3 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches for use by the recorder shall not affect the validity and effect of such form.
    Every deed in substance in the form described in this Section, when otherwise duly executed, shall be deemed and held a good and sufficient conveyance, release and quit claim to the grantee, his heirs and assigns, in fee of all the then existing legal or equitable rights of the grantor, in the premises therein described, but shall not extend to after acquired title unless words are added expressing such intention.
    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the recording of a quitclaim deed is exempt from all recording fees if executed for the sole purpose of reflecting a legal name change, and the grantor and grantee are the same individual or individuals.
(Source: P.A. 104-40, eff. 1-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2005–2017 · leading case: Schechter v. Weiler (In Re Blair), 330 B.R. 206 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2005).
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Schechter v. Weiler (In Re Blair), 330 B.R. 206 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2005). “See 765 ILCS 5/10 (2002). A quitclaim deed in the form prescribed by the statute has the effect of conveying to the grantee “all the then existing legal or equitable rights of the grantor” in the property described.”
Stump v. Swanson Dev. Co., 2014 IL App (3d) 110784 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “See 765 ILCS 5/10 (West 2010) (“Every [quitclaim] deed *** shall be deemed and held a good and sufficient conveyance, release and quit claim *** in fee of all of the then existing legal or equitable rights of the grantor ***.”
Reverse Mortg. Solutions, Inc. v. Rahman, 2017 IL App (1st) 161035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “765 ILCS 5/10 (West 2014). We presume that, in executing the deed, the grantor intends to convey the property he or she owns.”
Reverse Mortg. Solutions, Inc. v. Rahman, 2017 IL App (1st) 161035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “765 ILCS 5/10 (West 2014). We presume that, in executing the deed, the grantor intends to convey the property he or she owns.”
Stump v. Swanson Dev. Co., 2014 IL App (3d) 110784 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “See 765 ILCS 5/10 (West 2010) (“Every [quitclaim] deed *** shall be deemed and held a good and sufficient conveyance, release and quit claim *** in fee of all of the then existing legal or equitable rights of the grantor ***.” (Emphasis added.)). The quitclaim deed cannot divest…”
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