For a deed to successfully transfer title from one owner to another, what is required?

For a deed to successfully transfer title from one owner to another, it is essential that the deed is delivered and accepted. This means that the grantor (the seller) must physically deliver the deed to the grantee (the buyer), and the grantee must accept that deed to complete the transfer of ownership. The delivery and acceptance signify the intent of both parties to finalize the transaction and transfer property rights.

While notarization, recording, and signatures may play important roles in the overall process of property transactions, they are not requirements for the actual transfer of title to occur. Notarization helps authenticate the deed for legal purposes, recording serves to provide public notice of the ownership change, and signatures validate the intentions of the parties involved, but none of these steps substitute the crucial act of delivering and accepting the deed itself.