Q: what is the proper written code for a quit claim deed from father to daughter for tax exemptions

A: The recording office of the county where you file will know and allow you to fill in the cited section that applies. They are the authority who has to approve whether you have a tax exempt transfer. However, the list of exempt transactions generally appears in the Maryland Tax-Property Article, Section 13-207, and the provision having to do with exempt transfers between a parent and a child is found in Section 12-108(c)--but the latter exemption only applies to the portion of any principal mortgage debt balance assumed by the child as part of the transfer, and not to any equity in the property. There may be a better way to structure the transfer to both avoid the transfer and recordation taxes, as well as avoid the daughter from being transferred the same low tax basis in the property as her father (which will cause the daughter to have to pay capital gains tax upon any resale above the original purchase price when the father acquired it). One such strategy would be for the father to transfer the property to a revocable living trust, naming the daughter as the sole beneficiary upon his death, which would then transfer the property without any taxes and at a stepped up tax basis equal to the fair market value at the time of the father's death (meaning, no capital gains taxes will ever be imposed upon any future sale on that valuation amount). Another simpler way is to simply leave the house to the daughter in the father's will. There are other ways to work this. The father should consult a lawyer about his estate planning goals and what he wishes to achieve, so that he accomplishes everything in the best manner for both his family and for tax avoidance purposes.