Windsor County Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) Form

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Windsor County Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) Form

Windsor County Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) Form

Fill in the blank Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.

Document Last Validated 7/17/2026
Windsor County Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) Guide

Windsor County Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) form.

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Windsor County Completed Example of the Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) Document

Windsor County Completed Example of the Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/17/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Windsor County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Town Clerk of Andover

Address:
953 Weston-Andover Rd
Andover, Vermont 05143

Hours: Mo, Tu, Th, Fr 9:00 to 1:00 & We 11:00 to 3:00 (always call ahead)

Phone: (802) 875-2765

Town Clerk of Baltimore

Address:
1902 Baltimore Rd
Baltimore, Vermont 05143

Hours: We 4:00 to 6:00 & Th 9:00 to 11:00 and by appt

Phone: (802) 263-5274

Town Clerk of Barnard

Address:
115 North Rd / PO Box 274
Barnard, Vermont 05031

Hours: Mo-We 8:00 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 234-9211

Town Clerk of Bethel

Address:
134 South Main St / PO Box 404
Bethel, Vermont 05032

Hours: Mo, Th 8:00 to 12:30 & 1:00 to 4:00; Tu, Fr 8:00 to 12:00

Phone: (802) 234-9722

Town Clerk of Bridgewater

Address:
7335 US Rte 4
Bridgewater, Vermont 05034

Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 672-3334

Town Clerk of Cavendish

Address:
37 High St / PO Box 126
Cavendish, Vermont 05142

Hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 226-7292

Town Clerk of Chester

Address:
556 Elm St / PO Box 370
Chester, Vermont 05143

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:00 or by appt

Phone: (802) 875-2173

Town Clerk of Hartford

Address:
171 Bridge St
White River Junction, Vermont 05001

Hours: 8:00 to 5:00 M-F (sometimes closed 12:00 to 1:00)

Phone: (802) 295-2785

Town Clerk of Hartland

Address:
1 Quechee Rd / PO Box 349
Hartland, Vermont 05048

Hours: Mo-Fr 7:00 to 5:00

Phone: (802) 436-2444

Town Clerk of Ludlow

Address:
37 Depot St / PO Box 307
Ludlow, Vermont 05149

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 228-3232

Town Clerk of Norwich

Address:
300 Main St / P.O. Box 376
Norwich, Vermont 05055

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 649-1419

Town Clerk of Plymouth

Address:
68 Town Office Rd
Plymouth, Vermont 05056

Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 672-3655

Town Clerk of Pomfret

Address:
5218 Pomfret Rd
North Pomfret, Vermont 05053

Hours: Mo, We, Fr 8:30 to 2:30

Phone: (802) 457-3861

Town Clerk of Reading

Address:
799 Rte 106 / PO Box 72
Reading, Vermont 05062

Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:00; 1st Sat 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (802) 484-7250

Town Clerk of Rochester

Address:
67 School St / PO Box 238
Rochester, Vermont 05767-0238

Hours: Tu-Fr 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 767-3631

Town Clerk of Royalton

Address:
23 Alexander Place #1 / PO Box 680
South Royalton, Vermont 05068

Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 12:00 & 12:30 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 763-7207

Town Clerk of Sharon

Address:
69 VT Rte 132 / PO Box 250
Sharon, Vermont 05065

Hours: Mo-Th 7:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 763-8268 x1

Town Clerk of Springfield

Address:
96 Main St
Springfield, Vermont 05156

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 885-2104

Town Clerk of Stockbridge

Address:
1722 VT Rte 100 / PO Box 39
Stockbridge, Vermont 05772

Hours: Tu-Th 8:00 to 4:30; Fr 8:00 to 12:00

Phone: (802) 746-8400

Town Clerk of Weathersfield

Address:
5259 Route 5 / PO Box 550
Ascutney, Vermont 05030-0550

Hours: Mo-We 9:00 to 4:00; Th 9:00 to 5:30

Phone: (802) 674-9500

Town Clerk of Weston

Address:
12 Lawrence Hill Rd / PO Box 98
Weston, Vermont 05161-0098

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 1:00

Phone: (802) 824-6645

Town Clerk of West Windsor

Address:
22 Brownsville-Hartland Rd / PO Box 6
Brownsville, Vermont 05037

Hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 to 12:00 & 1:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 484-7212

Town Clerk of Windsor

Address:
29 Union St
Windsor, Vermont 05089

Hours: Mo-We 8:00 to 5:00; Th 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 674-5610

Town Clerk of Woodstock

Address:
31 The Green
Woodstock, Vermont 05091

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 457-3611

Recording Tips for Windsor County:
  • Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
  • Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
  • Request a receipt showing your recording numbers
  • If mailing documents, use certified mail with return receipt

Cities and Jurisdictions in Windsor County

Properties in any of these areas use Windsor County forms:

  • Ascutney
  • Barnard
  • Bethel
  • Bridgewater
  • Bridgewater Corners
  • Brownsville
  • Cavendish
  • Chester
  • Chester Depot
  • Gaysville
  • Hartford
  • Hartland
  • Hartland Four Corners
  • Ludlow
  • North Hartland
  • North Pomfret
  • North Springfield
  • Norwich
  • Perkinsville
  • Plymouth
  • Proctorsville
  • Quechee
  • Reading
  • Rochester
  • Sharon
  • South Pomfret
  • South Royalton
  • South Woodstock
  • Springfield
  • Stockbridge
  • Taftsville
  • West Hartford
  • Weston
  • White River Junction
  • Wilder
  • Windsor
  • Woodstock

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Windsor County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Windsor County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Windsor County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Windsor County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Windsor County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Windsor County?

Recording fees in Windsor County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 875-2765 for current fees.

Questions answered? Let's get started!

A recorded Vermont mortgage outlives its holder. When the person named in the town land records as mortgagee dies, the note, the payments, and the lien become assets of an estate, and moving them to a new holder becomes the work of a fiduciary. This Vermont assignment of mortgage carries that transfer: one individual, signing as personal representative of the deceased holder's estate, assigns the recorded mortgage and the obligation it secures to a named assignee, and the instrument is recorded by the clerk of the Vermont town or city that holds the mortgage of record.

Personal assets in the fiduciary's hands

Vermont statute answers the first question an estate-held loan raises. Under 14 V.S.A. Section 1413, a debt secured by mortgage that belongs to the estate of a deceased person as mortgagee, or as assignee of a mortgagee, is personal assets in the hands of the executor or administrator, administered and accounted for with the rest of the personal estate; the same section lets the fiduciary foreclose as the decedent could have done. Administration then produces the transfers this instrument records: the fiduciary sells the note and mortgage to a purchaser of private loan paper to raise funds for the estate, or conveys the mortgage to the beneficiary entitled to it when the estate winds up. A decedent who financed the sale of a former home and collected payments for years, or who lent privately against Vermont land, leaves exactly this asset behind.

One representative signature, one capacity recital

Section 1 of the form states the architecture. The assignor is a single individual, identified first by name and mailing address and then by capacity: the named estate, the appointing court and case number in the Probate Division of the Vermont Superior Court, and the date of appointment, the entries a fiduciary's certificate of appointment supplies. The Probate Division issues that certificate; it documents the authority to third parties, is obtained separately, and is not included in this package. The operative section recites that the assignor acts solely in the stated representative capacity and not individually, that the estate holds the mortgagee's interest, and that the mortgage stands unassigned and undischarged of record; the transfer then runs without recourse and without warranty beyond any terms the parties add. One signature line and one acknowledgment certificate close the instrument, the certificate's blank carrying the signer's name and representative capacity, matching the representative-capacity short form certificate in 26 V.S.A. Section 5368. The form recites exactly one fiduciary assignor; a holder assigning in a personal capacity, co-executors signing together, and a corporate fiduciary signing through an officer each present an execution pattern this form is not drawn for.

A transfer the discharge statutes anticipate

Vermont's mortgage statutes keep naming this fiduciary. The discharge provisions of 27 V.S.A. Sections 461 through 463 run to the mortgagee or the mortgagee's executor, administrator, or assigns, so the law expects an estate fiduciary on the lender's side of a Vermont loan. When a loan pays off, 27 V.S.A. Section 464 expects the record holder to supply whatever documents show its ownership of the mortgage and its authority to release it. And 27 V.S.A. Section 465 shows what happens when a mortgagee dies and the record simply goes quiet: a Probate Division proceeding to appoint an administrator for the sole purpose of clearing the lien. A recorded assignment made while the estate is open is the orderly path those sections point toward, placing a living, present holder in the chain so the borrowers' eventual payoff finds the right party in the land records.

Town records, a flat page fee, no transfer tax return

Execution and recording follow Vermont's conveyance pattern, because Vermont is a title theory state and the mortgagee's interest is an interest in land. The fiduciary signs and acknowledges before a notary public under 27 V.S.A. Section 341, with no witnesses joining, and recording under 27 V.S.A. Section 342 is what makes the transfer good against everyone beyond the assignor. 24 V.S.A. Section 1158 names the destination, the records of the town, and calls for a marginal note connecting the assignment to the mortgage's book and page, which is why the form gathers the mortgagors, the original mortgagee, the mortgage date, the recording reference, and any prior assignments. Vermont has no county recorder for land instruments; the town or city clerk records the assignment for the statewide fee of $15.00 per page under 32 V.S.A. Section 1671. The property transfer tax return that travels with Vermont deeds stays home, since the Department of Taxes places mortgage assignments outside the PTT-172 filing category, so the instrument, the fee, and a return address ordinarily make up the entire recording package.

The download prepares one instrument for one pass through that process: the assignment of mortgage as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing a St. Johnsbury estate's fiduciary assigning a seller-financed mortgage to a Vermont company, and a plain language guide that walks through every section, the notarization, and recording with the town clerk. The materials describe Vermont law in general terms and are not legal advice.

Important: Your property must be located in Windsor County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Assignment of Mortgage (Personal Representative) meets all recording requirements specific to Windsor County.

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