Hello,

I appologise if this has been asked before, I tried to check.

My grandmother recently passed away in NJ. She willed to her step-son a plot of land in May's Landing, NJ. Unfortunately, she never changed the property from her huspand's name to her's. He passed away in 2003.

My father is the executor, but doesn't understand anything about such things. So, my question is:

How can we, the estate, transfer ownership of land from my deceased grandfather through my grandmother's will into the rightfull heirs of the property?

I was told we needed a document called an Executor's Deed. I tried searching online but only got a format for one in Word, which did not come from a government web site. So if this is the correct form, where can I get it, does it have to be a legal document or is it a note?

Thank you,

Steve

You are going to need an attorney or title agency to do this properly. An Executor's Deed is a legal document and if it is not correctly prepared and recorded then you will end up making a mess of the title. In South Jersey a title agency can handle this for you and it shouldn't be expensive. If I were in your position this is not something I would try to do on my own.

You are going to need an attorney or title agency to do this properly. An Executor's Deed is a legal document and if it is not correctly prepared and recorded then you will end up making a mess of the title. In South Jersey a title agency can handle this for you and it shouldn't be expensive. If I were in your position this is not something I would try to do on my own.

Thank you Lisa for responding.

I was contacted by the heir of the land. This is just what he told me regarding that land. It was told to him by the township that he needed to get the Executor's Deed.

So, I should tell him to contact a title agency in that area, but, at which point does my father, the executor, become involved? I assume in the end to sign off on the paperwork.

Steve

Exactly. The executor has to sign the deed. And the executor is responsible for preparing the deed, so your father should be the one contacting the title agency and having this done. The costs should be paid by the estate.