Larry,
It has an effect! But along with it comes a fight and legal
battles before it will be recognized, so whoever files one
of these must be ready for that.
In my case, my attorney advised that I would do myself no harm by
quitclaiming the properties, because I had no interest in nor claim to them;
therefore, the quitclaims I signed "had no effect". In the words of a
corporate contracts administrator in my past, I was "giving them the sleeves
off my vest".
Even more to the point, the Quitclaim Deed does not transfer property, it
only "abandons any claim" that the transferror has in the property, but
makes no warranty that the transferror actually has any claim to the
property. It's no wonder there are fights and legal battles over them.
Well, if the transferee paid the fee to have them recorded in the county
where the property was located, it would make it easier for a "petroleum
landman*" to find who the owner was for leasing.
* I'm not being sexist, because I've had several
inquiries from females who identified themselves
a being a "petroleum landman".
As Rick said, however, I do not see how Access
fits into the picture as there cannot be a great
number of people using this method of property
transfer.... unless ajbart is putting together a
database to do forms generation for others. In
this case, however, if someone can't write the
claim, they won't be prepared to defend it either.
In the "leasing business" (mineral leases), often family members who _may_
or may not have a claim to some property are paid some amount to Quitclaim
their interest to a family member who does have a claim and is willing to
sign a lease. That, or something similar, might be a reason to put the forms
in an Access database.
Then again, it's just as likely that the person was looking for a Word
document template.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
