Hello People,

I have a situation with my mom and I'm new to this. Anyway I live in NJ and I am the co-owner to the house with my mom. My mom no longer lives here and she currently resides in CA. I have an official copy deed and quit claim form. I was told that I need a cover letter and a written description of the property and some other stuff. I'm not sure where or how am I able to get or create these documents. I want to save as much money as possible so I wanted to ask if I can get these myself and have the form notarized.

My mom taught she just had to sign it and I can just submit it to the clerk's office but apparently she is wrong.

What she is doing is selling you her share of the home, So you fill out a quitclaim form, showing her selling her share to you, she basically signs it and you file it at the court house.

Since you have no knowledge on this, many title companies will do one for very little cost.

OK but what if they want more then just the form, like with the cover letter and legal document with the description of the property. I'm not sure if I can use the deed as the description but I'll call the office tomorrow. I don't want to take a day off and waste time going there and finding out I don't have everything necessary to complete it at the office to record it.

ok but what if they want more then just the form, like with the cover letter and legal document with the description of the property. I'm not sure if I can use the deed as the description but I'll call the office tomorrow. I don't want to take a day off and waste time going there and finding out I don't have everything necessary to complete it at the office to record it.

You will probably have to get your mom to sign the deed before a notary. So when you go to the title company the best you can hope for is that they give you all the requisite paperwork to be mailed to your mom for notarization and then mailed back to you or the title company for recording. Hopefully they will explain all the necessary steps to you when you go there.

A deed has to include a legal description of the property. But you can easily get that from your county clerk.

Yes, the main body of the deed is the legal description, it is not a separate form.