What’s a deed, and what is vesting?
A deed is the document that transfers ownership. Vesting is how the new owner holds it.
The deed names both sides
The grantor is the person giving an interest. The grantee is the person receiving it. The recorder stamps a date and an instrument number. That number is how you find the page again.
Vesting is the form of ownership on that deed: one person, a couple, a trust, or a company. The words matter later, when someone dies or when a lender asks who can sign.
What to do
- Read the grantee line on your last deed and compare it with the name on the tax bill.
- If they differ, ask the county or a real estate lawyer before you assume one of them is wrong.