How Do You Remove A Name Off The Title After Foreclosure?
An important task following the completion of a foreclosure, is removing the former owner and borrower’s name off the title to the real estate. Ultimately a clear title is necessary in order to convey the property to a new owner. The laws of all 50 states provide two different mechanisms that remove the name of a prior owner from real estate, including an owner who losses possession and title to a property as the result of foreclosure proceedings. These are a quitclaim deed and a quiet title action. Obtain a quitclaim deed form from the county register or recorder of deeds. Complete the quitclaim form. The instrument is not complex and requires very little information. Include the name of the owner whose interest was foreclosed upon and the legal description of the real estate. If not available anywhere else, the register or recorder of deeds provides the legal description to the property. Contact the foreclosed-upon owner and schedule a time for him to sign the quitclaim deed. Of cour
