Belknap County Trustee Certificate Form (New Hampshire)
All Belknap County specific forms and documents listed below are included in your immediate download package:
Trustee Certificate Form
Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included Belknap County compliant document last validated/updated 6/25/2025
Trustee Certificate Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
Included Belknap County compliant document last validated/updated 6/25/2025
Completed Example of the Trustee Certificate Document
Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included Belknap County compliant document last validated/updated 2/14/2025
The following New Hampshire and Belknap County supplemental forms are included as a courtesy with your order:
When using these Trustee Certificate forms, the subject real estate must be physically located in Belknap County. The executed documents should then be recorded in the following office:
Register of Deeds
64 Court Street, Laconia, New Hampshire 03246-1343
Hours: 8:30 to 4:00 M-F / Stop Recording at 3:45 pm
Phone: 603-527-5420 & 5421
Local jurisdictions located in Belknap County include:
- Alton
- Alton Bay
- Barnstead
- Belmont
- Center Barnstead
- Center Harbor
- Gilford
- Gilmanton
- Gilmanton Iron Works
- Laconia
- Lochmere
- Meredith
- New Hampton
- Sanbornton
- Tilton
- Winnisquam
How long does it take to get my forms?
Forms are available immediately after submitting payment.
How do I get my forms, are they emailed?
Immediately after you submit payment, the Belknap County forms you order will be available for download directly from your account. You can then download the forms to your computer. If you do not already have an account, one will be created for you as part of the order process, and your login details will be provided to you. If you encounter any issues accessing your forms, please reach out to our support team for assistance. Forms are NOT emailed to you.
What does "validated/updated" mean?
This indicates the most recent date when at least one of the following occurred:
- Updated: The document was updated or changed to remain compliant.
- Validated: The document was examined by an attorney or staff, or it was successfully recorded in Belknap County using our eRecording service.
Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Belknap County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed all formatting requirements set forth by Belknap County including margin requirements, content requirements, font and font size requirements.
Can the Trustee Certificate forms be re-used?
Yes. You can re-use the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have more than one property in Belknap County that you need to transfer you would only need to order our forms once for all of your properties in Belknap County.
What are supplemental forms?
Often when a deed is recorded, additional documents are required by New Hampshire or Belknap County. These could be tax related, informational, or even as simple as a coversheet. Supplemental forms are provided for free with your order where available.
What type of files are the forms?
All of our Belknap County Trustee Certificate forms are PDFs. You will need to have or get Adobe Reader to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.
Do I need any special software to use these forms?
You will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.
Do I have to enter all of my property information online?
No. The blank forms are downloaded to your computer and you fill them out there, at your convenience.
Can I save the completed form, email it to someone?
Yes, you can save your deed form at any point with your information in it. The forms can also be emailed, blank or complete, as attachments.
Are there any recurring fees involved?
No. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.
New Hampshire Trustee's Certificate for Real Property Transactions
In a trust arrangement, a grantor (settlor) conveys property to another person, called the trustee, for the benefit of another, called the beneficiary. As the trust is not a physical entity, it cannot hold title to property, and so a trustee acts as the trust's representative. The trustee administers the trust's assets pursuant to the terms set forth in the trust instrument. When property is conveyed out of the trust by the trustee, the transaction may need validation.
Codified at RSA 564-A:7, the trustee's certificate is a statutory form that protects third parties dealing with a trustee in transactions affecting real property. When recorded by a trustee in the registry of deeds in the county where the subject real estate is located, the certificate gives notice to all persons "that the trustee named therein and the trustee's successors have full and absolute power to convey any interest in real estate and improvements thereon held by the trustee," without further inquiry (564-A:7(II)). A certificate executed by a successor trustee has the same effect as the original certificate (564-A:7(III)).
The trustee's certificate contains the name of each trustee executing the document, the trust on behalf of which the trustee is acting, the trust's settlor (called the grantor), and the date of the trust instrument. The certificate is "executed with the formalities required for a deed of real property by the trustee," which includes a legal description of the real property held in trust (564-A:7(III)). Each trustee should sign the document in the presence of a notary public before recording in the registry of deeds in the county where the property is located.
Consult a lawyer with questions regarding trusts and trustee's certificates in New Hampshire.
(New Hampshire TC Package includes form, guidelines, and completed example)
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The documents you receive here will meet, or exceed, the Belknap County recording requirements for formatting. If there's an issue caused by our formatting, we'll make it right and refund your payment.
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February 27th, 2019
First, I am glad that you gave a blank copy, an example copy, and a 'guide'. It made it much easier to do. Overall I was very happy with your products and organization... however, things got pretty confusing and I have a pretty 'serious' law background in Real Estate and Civil law. With that said, I spent about 10+ hours getting my work done, using the Deed of Trust and Promissory note from you and there were a few problems: First, it would be FANTASTIC if you actually aligned your guide to actually match the Deed or Promissory Note. What I mean is that if the Deed says 'section (E)' then your guide shouldn't be 'randomly' numbered as 1,2,3, for advice/instructions, but should EXACTLY match 'section (E)'. Some places you have to 'hunt' for what you are looking for, and if you did it based on my suggestion, you wouldn't need to 'hunt' and it would avoid confusion. 2nd: This one really 'hurt'... you had something called the 'Deed of Trust Master Form' yet you had basically no information on what it was or how to use it. The only information you had was a small section at the top of the 'Short Form Deed of Trust Guide'. Holy Cow, was that 'section' super confusing. I still don't know if I did it correctly, but your guide says only put a return address on it and leave the rest of the 16 or so page Deed of Trust beneath it blank... and then include your 'Deed of Trust' (I had to assume the short form deed that I had just created) as part of it. I had to assume that I had to print off the entire 17 page or so title page and blank deed. I also had to assume that the promissory note was supposed to be EXHIBIT A or B on the Short Form Deed. It would be great if someone would take a serious look at that short section in your 'Short Form Deed of Trust Guide' and realize that those of us using your products are seriously turning this into a county clerk to file and that most of us, probably already have a property that has an existing Deed... or at least can find one in the county records if necessary... and make sure that you make a distinction between the Deed for the property that already exists, versus the Deed of Trust and Promissory note that we are trying to file. Thanks.
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