Franklin County Disclaimer of Interest (Individual - Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) Form
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Franklin County Disclaimer of Interest (Individual - Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) Form
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Where to Record Your Documents
Town Clerk of Bakersfield
Bakersfield, Vermont 05441
Hours: M - F 9:00 to 12:00 & 7:00 to 8:00
Phone: (802) 827-4495
Town Clerk of Berkshire
Enosburgh, Vermont 05450
Hours: M & Tu 8-12, 1-5; W & Th 9-12, 1-4
Phone: (802) 933-2335
Town Clerk of Enosburgh
Enosburgh Falls, Vermont 05450
Hours: M - F 8:00 to 3:30
Phone: (802) 933-4421
Town Clerk of Fairfax
Fairfax, Vermont 05454
Hours: M - F 9:00 to 4:00; 1st & 3rd Mon 6:00 to 8:00
Phone: (802) 849-6111
Town Clerk of Fairfield
Fairfield, Vermont 05455
Hours: M, Tu, Th, F 8:00 to 3:00; W 10:30 to 5:30
Phone: (802) 827-3261 x1
Town Clerk of Fletcher
Cambridge, Vermont 05444
Hours: M 8 - 3:30 & 6:30 - 8:30; Tu - Th 8 to 3:30
Phone: (802) 849-6616
Town Clerk of Franklin
Franklin, Vermont 05457
Hours: M, Tu, F 8:30 to 3:30; W 8:30 to noon; Th 8:30 to 6:00
Phone: (802) 285-2101
Town Clerk of Georgia
St. Albans, Vermont 05478
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:00
Phone: (802) 524-3524
Town Clerk of Highgate
Highgate Ctr, Vermont 05459
Hours: M-F 8:30 to 12 & 1:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 868-4697 X201
Town Clerk of Montgomery
Montgomery, Vermont 05471
Hours: M 8-12 & 1-6; Tu, Th, F 8-12 & 1-4
Phone: (802) 326-4719
Town Clerk of Richford
Richford, Vermont 05476
Hours: M - Th 8:00 - 5:00; F 8:00 - noon
Phone: (802) 848-7751 x3
City of St. Albans Clerk
St. Albans, Vermont 05478-0867
Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30; last Sat 9:00 - 12:00
Phone: (802) 524-1501 x264
Town of St. Albans Clerk
St. Albans Bay, Vermont 05481
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:00
Phone: (802) 524-2415
Town Clerk of Sheldon
Sheldon, Vermont 05483
Hours: M 8:00 to 6:00 & Tu-F 8:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 933-2524 x3
Town Clerk of Swanton
Swanton, Vermont 05488
Hours: M-F 7:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 868-4421
Recording Tips for Franklin County:
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
- Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
- Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
- Make copies of your documents before recording - keep originals safe
- Mornings typically have shorter wait times than afternoons
Cities and Jurisdictions in Franklin County
Properties in any of these areas use Franklin County forms:
- Bakersfield
- East Berkshire
- East Fairfield
- Enosburg Falls
- Fairfield
- Franklin
- Highgate Center
- Highgate Springs
- Montgomery
- Montgomery Center
- Richford
- Saint Albans
- Saint Albans Bay
- Sheldon
- Sheldon Springs
- Swanton
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Franklin County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Franklin 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 Franklin County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Franklin 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County?
Recording fees in Franklin County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 827-4495 for current fees.
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This Vermont disclaimer of interest form is built around one execution pattern: a single individual disclaimant whose written refusal of an interest in Vermont real property is signed for the disclaimant by an agent, also called an attorney-in-fact, acting under a power of attorney. The instrument operates under the Vermont Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act, 14 V.S.A. chapter 129, and its signature and notary blocks are drafted for the agent, not the disclaimant.
Authority the power of attorney must grant expressly
Vermont treats a disclaimer as one of the acts an agent cannot perform under general authority alone. Under 14 V.S.A. section 4031(a)(9), an agent may disclaim property, including a power of appointment, on the principal's behalf only if the power of attorney expressly grants that authority, and the Vermont statutory form power of attorney presents it as a specific authority the principal initials. The form's operative section recites that the agent acts under a power of attorney carrying that express grant, and the power of attorney's date and, where it is of record, its book and page in the town land records are entered in the agent section. A related statutory limit reaches agents outside the principal's close family: unless the power of attorney provides otherwise, an agent who is not an ancestor, spouse, or descendant of the principal may not use a disclaimer to move an interest in the principal's property toward the agent.
A refusal the law does not treat as a transfer
Vermont adopted chapter 129 in 2026, replacing the disclaimer act that had stood since 1986. Under the new chapter, a disclaimer is the refusal to accept an interest in or power over property. It is made in a writing that declares the disclaimer, describes the interest, and is signed, and it is delivered or filed in the manner the chapter provides. Once delivered or filed and effective, it is irrevocable, and the statute states that a disclaimer is not a transfer, assignment, or release: the disclaimed interest passes under the chapter's devolution rules and the will, trust, or other instrument that created it, not by any conveyance from the disclaimant. The chapter states bar events instead of a fixed state deadline, so acceptance of the interest, a voluntary assignment or encumbrance of it, a contract to convey it, a judicial sale, or a written waiver of the right to disclaim forecloses the disclaimer. Federal tax law runs separately: a qualified disclaimer under 26 U.S.C. section 2518 carries its own nine month timing for federal transfer tax treatment, and the Vermont chapter expressly gives state law effect to a disclaimer the Internal Revenue Code treats as never having passed to the disclaimant.
What this form recites
The form's ten sections collect the disclaimant, the agent and the power of attorney, the deceased owner and date of death, the source of the interest, the property's town, legal description, and address, the interest disclaimed and its extent, whole or partial, and the manner of delivery or filing. The operative section then declares the disclaimer in prose, and one signature line and one representative capacity acknowledgment certificate, following the Vermont statutory short form, carry the agent's execution. A principal who signed a durable power of attorney with the disclaimer authority initialed, and whose agent handles an inheritance the principal declines to accept, presents the pattern this form recites; a disclaimant signing personally follows a different execution pattern than this form carries.
Recording in the town land records
Vermont records land documents with the town or city clerk where the land lies; there is no county recording office for ordinary instruments. Chapter 129 permits the recorded disclaimer wherever an instrument transferring the disclaimed interest is required or permitted to be recorded, which places the refusal in the chain of title where a later examiner looks for it, and the statewide recording fee is $15.00 per page. The completed disclaimer is also delivered or filed as the chapter provides, commonly to the personal representative of the estate, and the form records how that was done.
The download includes the blank disclaimer as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the entire instrument filled in for a realistic Vermont fact pattern, and a plain language guide that walks through every section, the representative acknowledgment, delivery, and recording. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Franklin County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Disclaimer of Interest (Individual - Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) meets all recording requirements specific to Franklin County.
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