ee5f3248_Marital_Signature_Requirements__47
[0] SEPARATE INSTRUMENT [1] No [2] Yes, called a “Waiver of Homestead Rights” [3] No [4] Yes, contact FNAS [5] Yes, Interspousal Transfer Deed or Quitclaim Deed [6] Yes, quitclaim deed [7] N/A [8] No waiver – non borrowing spouse must sign Mortgage, TIL and RTC even if spouse holds as married sole and separate (verified 10/1/08) [9] Prior to repeal of the law, a separate instrument was allowed, but not preferred; called a renunciation [10] No [11] N/A [12] N/A [13] “Abandonment of Homestead” document may be used. Must be prepared by an attorney. Rarely used [14] “Waiver of Homestead” Specific as to the mortgage [15] N/A [16] No [17] Yes, called various names [18] Yes, a “release of Waiver of Dower Rights” [19] Yes, “Waiver of Homestead Exemption” [20] N/A [21] N/A [22] Yes, “Waiver of Homestead” [23] No [24] No [25] No [26] Yes, contact FNAS [27] Yes, as long as executed contemporaneously with mortgage. Called a Release of Homestead Rights and is specific to the mortgage transaction [28] No [29] Yes, a quitclaim deed executed contemporaneously with the mortgage [30] No [31] Yes, deed [32] Yes, “A Sole and Separate Property Agreement and Conveyance” or quitclaim or warranty deed [33] N/A [34] No [35] No [36] No [37] No [38] N/A [39] N/A [40] N/A [41] N/A [42] No [43] No [44] No [45] N/A [46] No [48] No waiver – non borrowing spouse must sign Mortgage, TIL and RTC even if spouse holds as married sole and separate (verified 10/1/08) [49] No [50] Yes [47] 
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State by State Marital Signature Requirements
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