A quitclaim deed is used to conveying property from a seller to a purchaser in a variety of situations — this type of deed can be used when a person or couple purchases property and needs to transfer title, when a relative desires to name another person as the co-owner of property that he or she currently owns by him or herself or when a couple getting a divorce needs to transfer property (this list is not exhaustive and other situations can call for the use of a quitclaim deed). This type of deed contains no “warranties” that the property is being transferred with good title (without encumbrances except those that are filed on record), nor is any joint tenancy or right of survivorship created.