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Kansas Quitclaim Deed Form (2026): Requirements, Notary, Recording Fee

Updated October 11, 2026. Quick answer: Kansas conveyances and other instruments affecting real estate must be acknowledged before a person authorized to perform notarial acts, or in-state before a county clerk, register of deeds or city mayor or clerk. Kansas sets a statewide statutory fee of $17 for the first page of a recorded deed and $13 for each additional page for documents filed on and after January 1, 2018, and K.S.A. 28-115(b) and (i) add $3 and $1 per page, so $21 for the first page and $17 for each additional page. The register of deeds adds $1 if the signers’ and notary’s names are not plainly typed or printed under their signatures (K.S.A. 28-115(d)), and a recording information sheet added because a document lacks space counts as a page (K.S.A. 28-115(e)).

Kansas quitclaim deed at a glance

ItemWhat the documents say
SigningA Kansas deed must be subscribed (signed) by the grantor or the grantor’s lawful agent or attorney.
WitnessesNot found in the documents read
Notary or acknowledgmentKansas conveyances and other instruments affecting real estate must be acknowledged before a person authorized to perform notarial acts, or in-state before a county clerk, register of deeds or city mayor or clerk.
Statutory quitclaim formNot found in the documents read
Where to record, and the feeRegister of deeds of the county where the real estate is situated. Kansas sets a statewide statutory fee of $17 for the first page of a recorded deed and $13 for each additional page for documents filed on and after January 1, 2018, and K.S.A. 28-115(b) and (i) add $3 and $1 per page, so $21 for the first page and $17 for each additional page. The register of deeds adds $1 if the signers’ and notary’s names are not plainly typed or printed under their signatures (K.S.A. 28-115(d)), and a recording information sheet added because a document lacks space counts as a page (K.S.A. 28-115(e)).
State transfer taxNot found in the documents read (UNVERIFIED.)
Gift from a parent to a childNo Kansas transfer tax exemption was read. K.S.A. 79-1437e(a)(4) exempts a transfer by way of gift, donation or contribution stated in the deed from the real estate sales validation questionnaire, and the exemption must be clearly stated on the document filed.
Spouse or homesteadNot found in the documents read
SourceKansas Office of Revisor of Statutes

Signing, witnesses and the notary in Kansas

A Kansas deed must be subscribed (signed) by the grantor or the grantor’s lawful agent or attorney.

Kansas conveyances and other instruments affecting real estate must be acknowledged before a person authorized to perform notarial acts, or in-state before a county clerk, register of deeds or city mayor or clerk.

The text itself:

  • K.S.A. 58-2209 Conveyance of real estate; signature required: “shall be subscribed by the party granting the same”
  • K.S.A. 58-2211 Acknowledgment of instrument relating to real estate: “must be acknowledged before a person authorized by the revised uniform law”

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Recording: where to file and what it costs

Recording office: Register of deeds of the county where the real estate is situated. Kansas sets a statewide statutory fee of $17 for the first page of a recorded deed and $13 for each additional page for documents filed on and after January 1, 2018, and K.S.A. 28-115(b) and (i) add $3 and $1 per page, so $21 for the first page and $17 for each additional page. The register of deeds adds $1 if the signers’ and notary’s names are not plainly typed or printed under their signatures (K.S.A. 28-115(d)), and a recording information sheet added because a document lacks space counts as a page (K.S.A. 28-115(e)).

The text itself:

  • K.S.A. 28-115 Fees of register of deeds: “register of deeds of each county shall charge and collect”
  • K.S.A. 28-115 Fees of register of deeds: “a fee of $17”
  • K.S.A. 58-2221 Recordation of instruments conveying or affecting real estate: “recorded in the office of register of deeds of the county”

Transfer tax and a gift to a family member

UNVERIFIED

Between family members: Not found in the documents read.

The text itself:

  • K.S.A. 79-1437e Inapplicability to certain transfers of title: “by way of gift, donation or contribution stated in the deed”

Other filings the documents mention

A real estate sales validation questionnaire is required on Kansas transfers unless an exemption applies; K.S.A. 79-1437e exempts a transfer by way of gift stated in the deed and requires the exemption to be clearly stated on the document filed.

The text itself:

  • K.S.A. 79-1437e Inapplicability to certain transfers of title: “the exemption shall be clearly stated on the document being filed”

A worked example: a parent deeds the home to an adult child

An illustration, not a return: a parent bought a home for $100,000, and it is worth $300,000 when the parent deeds it to an adult child by quitclaim deed, with no payment. The child later sells it for $350,000. For a gift, federal law says the child’s basis is “the same as it would be in the hands of the donor”, so the basis stays $100,000 and the gain is $250,000 ($350,000 minus $100,000). Had the child received the same home at the parent’s death, when it was worth $300,000, the statute sets the basis at “fair market value of the property at the date of the decedent’s”, so the gain would be $50,000 ($350,000 minus $300,000). Federal gift tax filing rules are outside this page and outside the documents read.

Read the Kansas transfer-tax rule above for the state side of the same transfer. See CMG’s quitclaim vs warranty deed for a family transfer page for the choice of deed.

What the documents do not say

  • Whether Kansas requires witnesses on a deed: not found in the documents read, and that is not a statement that none are needed.
  • Whether Kansas has a statutory quitclaim form: not found in the documents read.
  • Whether a gift from a parent to a child is exempt from the transfer tax: not found in the documents read.
  • Whether Kansas has a state transfer tax on deeds: not found in the documents read.
  • Whether a spouse must join in the deed: not found in the documents read.
  • County or city transfer taxes and local recording surcharges were not read unless named above.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming the answer for one state applies to another, or that signing a deed ends the paperwork before recording.

Related: quitclaim vs warranty deed for a family transfer, Kansas transfer on death deed, Kansas probate cost, and whether Kansas has an estate tax.

Sources

Sources: the primary documents linked above, read on October 11, 2026. General information, not tax advice. Your own facts decide the outcome, and a tax professional or the state agency itself is the right place to confirm anything consequential.