Download the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Enhanced Life Estate Deed form and record your completed deed online. A Lady Bird Deed is also known as an Enhanced Life Estate Deed. The Clerk provides a sample form for recording use, and Swift-E Recording can electronically submit your completed deed for recording.
Form published by the Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller as a sample/guideline. It may or may not be appropriate for your needs.
A Lady Bird Deed, formally called an Enhanced Life Estate Deed, allows a property owner to retain control of the property during the owner’s lifetime while naming one or more beneficiaries who will receive the property after the owner’s death.
The Palm Beach County form states that the grantor reserves a life estate together with an unrestricted power to convey during the grantor’s lifetime, including the power to sell, gift, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of the property and retain the proceeds.
The grantor retains the enhanced life-estate rights stated in the deed.
If the deed remains in effect, the named beneficiary receives the property under the deed.
Use the county form or a deed prepared by a qualified professional, complete the document, then submit it electronically through Swift-E Recording.
Need the document? Download the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Lady Bird Deed) form. The Clerk provides its recording forms as examples/guidelines and notes that a form may or may not be appropriate for your needs. Already have a deed prepared for you? You may use that completed document instead.
Download the PBC Lady Bird Deed Form →Review all required fields and make sure the deed is properly signed, witnessed, and notarized before submission. The county form includes grantor and beneficiary information, legal description, two witness areas, and a notarial acknowledgment.
Review the checklist →Upload your completed deed to Swift-E Recording and submit it electronically for recording in Palm Beach County. See how Swift-E eRecording works. Once the Clerk records it, the recorded document is returned through your Swift-E account.
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Palm Beach County Clerk’s Enhanced Life Estate Deed (sample preview)
The Palm Beach County Clerk publishes an Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Lady Bird Deed) form that you can download and complete.
The download opens the form currently published by the Palm Beach County Clerk. The Clerk describes its recording forms as examples/guidelines that may or may not be appropriate for your needs and recommends consulting legal counsel if you are unsure. Swift-E does not maintain or alter the Clerk’s form.
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Submit it electronically for recording with Swift-E Recording.
Record My Lady Bird DeedReview the document carefully before submitting. The county’s Enhanced Life Estate Deed form provides spaces for the following:
This checklist summarizes fields visible on Palm Beach County’s published form and is not a substitute for legal advice or the Clerk’s current recording requirements.
Yes. “Lady Bird Deed” is the commonly used name; Palm Beach County labels its form “Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Lady Bird Deed).”
Yes. The Clerk publishes an Enhanced Life Estate Deed form in its recording-forms section. The Clerk describes its forms as examples/guidelines that may or may not be appropriate for every situation. This page links directly to the Clerk-hosted form.
Yes. A properly completed and recordable deed can be submitted electronically for recording in Palm Beach County through an authorized eRecording provider such as Swift-E Recording.
Yes. Florida law (Section 689.01, Florida Statutes) generally requires a deed conveying an interest in real property to be signed in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. The Palm Beach County Clerk’s Enhanced Life Estate Deed form also provides spaces for two witnesses and a notarial acknowledgment, which may be completed by physical presence or online notarization.
A Lady Bird Deed is commonly used as an estate-planning tool intended to allow property to pass to a named beneficiary at the owner’s death while the owner retains control during life. Whether a particular deed achieves that result depends on how it is prepared, the property involved, and the owner’s circumstances. Swift-E does not provide legal advice; consult a qualified Florida attorney if you have questions about probate or estate planning.
No. Under the Palm Beach County Clerk’s Enhanced Life Estate Deed form, the grantor reserves a life estate and an unrestricted power to convey during the grantor’s lifetime, including the power to sell, gift, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of the property. The transfer to the named beneficiary is effective on the grantor’s death, if the deed remains in effect.
Documentary stamp tax treatment can vary depending on the transaction. If you are unsure whether documentary stamp tax is due on your deed, consult the Florida Department of Revenue, the Palm Beach County Clerk, or a qualified attorney or tax professional before recording. You can estimate your Palm Beach County recording fees, and doc stamps if any apply, with our Florida Doc Stamp & Recording Fee Calculator.
No. Swift-E provides electronic recording services only. We don’t prepare deeds, provide legal advice, or determine whether a Lady Bird Deed is appropriate for your situation. If you need help preparing or reviewing a deed, consult a qualified Florida real estate or estate-planning attorney.
Whether your property is in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Jupiter, Wellington, Palm Beach Gardens, Greenacres, Lake Worth Beach, Royal Palm Beach, or Riviera Beach, or farther out in Tequesta, Westlake, Loxahatchee Groves, Belle Glade, or Pahokee, your Lady Bird Deed is recorded in the Palm Beach County Official Records. The same applies to property in unincorporated Palm Beach County. Swift-E lets you submit your completed deed electronically, with no trip to the Clerk’s Office.
After completing and properly executing your Enhanced Life Estate Deed, upload it to Swift-E Recording and submit it electronically for recording in Palm Beach County.
No courthouse trip. No mailing documents. Submit online.
