quick claim deed

If properly drafted and executed, it takes effect immediatly as between the Grantor and Grantee, however a deed should be recorded with the clerk of court to put 3rd parties on notice of title/ownership. This helps avoid intervening claims of  3rd party "secret owners"    Florida law states: No conveyance, transfer, or mortgage of real property, or of any interest in real property, nor any lease for a term of one year or longer, shall be good and effectual in law or equity against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice unless it is recorded according to law;