How can I put mine and my husbands name on the title of our house. The title is in my mother in laws name?

Question

At a low cost too!

Answer 1

If there is no mortgage in the M-I-L's name, have a title company prepare a quit claim deed and then you all sign it and file it with the county-- total should be under $100.

If there is a mortgage in your M-I-L's name, she has to stay on the house until you finance it under your name.

Answer 2

You cannot do it at all. Your mother in law has to do it.

You can do it yourself, but you have to go find her deed (land records) and get the legal description and her name from it, prepare a quitclaim deed (any office supply store), and have it executed properly according to state law, and recorded (cost varies by state).

Simplest way is pay an attorney $100, maybe $200 to do it, then go record it.

If there's a mortgage, that complicates it some.

Answer 3

the question would be first is why is her name on the house. Was it her house first? Is she still alive? Title company will make the changes and should cost less than $500

Answer 4

I can't really give you an answer, but I know when my grandfather handed his old truck over to my parents he "sold" it to them for a dollar, I think something to do with changing the title on it. Maybe you have to go into some kind of a 'sale' to do it?