Everything You Should Know About a New Jersey Property Deed in 2025

Date: Mar 11, 2025 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Location: Online

Member Price: $143.00

Non-Member Price: $179.00

Section Price: $0.00

Event Code: I152625

Areas of Law: Real Estate

Earn up to 2.4 credits! (More Information)

Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Presenters

Carolina T. Curbelo, Esq.
The Law Office of Carolina T. Curbelo, LLC, Ridgewood
Laura M. Fisher, Esq.
Law Office of Laura M. Fisher, LLC, Jersey City

Property deeds are an essential legal document when buying and selling a home in New Jersey. However, there is no such thing as a generic deed. Attorneys must take care that the deed language conveys the property to the parties as intended by the buyer and the seller. 

Join us for an in-depth look at important items to ensure a smooth transfer of title – what a deed should contain, where and when it is recorded and common pitfalls that arise when a deed is improperly drafted or recorded.

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Types of deeds- which deed for which situation?
    - Quitclaim, bargain and sale, warranty deeds, deeds in lieu of foreclosure
  • Statutory requirements
  • Does a deed need to be in writing?
  • Requirements for preparation
  • Types of clauses in a property deed
  • New Jersey Recording Act and the Statute of Frauds
  • Who is taking title and in what form? - The important distinctions
    -Tenants in common, joint tenants, tenants by the entirety
  • What should I do if the deed was not registered?
  • Pitfalls and safeguards
    - Quit claim deeds- are they the end all or be all?
    - Transferring to an LLC
    - Identity of parties
    - Signatures and remote notarization
    - Fraudulent deed transfers, especially vacant land
    - Bargain and sale deeds without covenants
  • And more

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2.4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 2.4, NJ New Admit Real Estate: 2.4).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Professional Practice Transitional: 2.0
PA CLE:PA Substantive Credit: 2.0
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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