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§36-3-6. Necessity of Consideration in Deed of Real Property

If a deed of real property is in other respects valid, it shall not fail for want of a payment of consideration, or the recital of a consideration in the deed. No resulting or other trust in favor of the grantor in such deed shall arise from the mere fact that no consideration was paid […]

§36-3-7. Effect of Words of Release in a Deed

Whenever, in any deed, there shall be used the words "The said grantor releases to the said grantee all his claims upon the said lands," or words of like import, such deed shall be construed as if it set forth that the grantor or releasor hath remised, released, and forever quitted claim and by these […]

§36-3-8. Form of Lease

A deed of lease may be made in the following form or to the same effect: This deed, made the …… day of ……., in the year ……, between (here insert the names of the parties), witnesseth: That the said …………… demises unto the said ……………, his personal representatives and assigns, all, etc., (here describe […]

§36-3-9. Form of Deed by Sheriff or Special Commissioner

The deed of a sheriff or special commissioner for real estate sold under the decree, judgment or order of a court may be made in the following form, or to the same effect: This deed, made this …… day of ……, between A …………… B ……………, sheriff of the county of …………… (or special commissioner, […]

§36-3-5. Form of Deed

A deed may be made in the following form, or to the same effect: "This deed made the …….. day of ………, in the year …….., between (here insert names of parties), witnesseth: That in consideration of (here state the consideration), the said …………… grants unto the said …………… all, etc. (Here describe the property, […]

§36-3-4. Distinctions Between Various Kinds of Deeds Abolished

All distinctions in legal effect between deeds of grant, deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of lease and release, and deeds of covenant to stand seized, are hereby abolished. Any instrument which shows on its face a present intent to pass the title to, or any interest, present or future, in real property, shall, if […]

§36-3-1. Seal Not Necessary in Conveyances of Land

The affixing of a seal, or any symbol or word intended to have the effect of a seal, shall not be necessary to give validity to any deed, trust deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of an estate of inheritance or freehold in land, or any estate of any duration therein.