Fike v. Harshbarger

Delivery is the last but an indispensable step by a grantor *662to give validity and operative effect to a deed for conveyance of real estate. Execution and acknowledgment are equally indispensable but, without delivery, accomplish nothing.

To accomplish delivery a grantor need not hand the completed instrument to the grantee; delivery to the grantee is constructively accomplished by turning a deed over to the clerk of a court for recording. Gianakos, Executor v. Magiros, 234 Md. 14, 27, 197 A. 2d 897 (1964). This constitutes delivery to the grantee even though the grantee may be unaware of the…