Chittenden County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual, Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) Form
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Chittenden County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual, Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) Form
Fill in the blank Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual, Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Chittenden County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual, Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) Guide
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Chittenden County Completed Example of the Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual, Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual, Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Town Clerk of Bolton
Waterbury, Vermont 05676
Hours: M-Th 8:00 - 4:00
Phone: (802) 434-5075
Chittenden County Clerk (for Buel's Gore)
Burlington, Vermont 05402
Hours: 7:30 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: (802) 951-5106
City Clerk of Burlington
Burlington, Vermont 05401
Hours: M-F 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 865-7000
Town Clerk of Charlotte
Charlotte, Vermont 05445
Hours: M-F 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 425-3071
Town Clerk of Colchester
Colchester, Vermont 05446
Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30
Phone: (802) 254-5520
Town Clerk of Essex
Essex Jct, Vermont 05452
Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30
Phone: (802) 879-0413
Town Clerk of Grand Isle
Grand Isle, Vermont 05458-0049
Hours: M-F 8:30 - 3:30; Tu 5:00 - 7:00; Sa 10:00 -12:00
Phone: (802) 372-8830
Town Clerk of Hinesburg
Hinesburg, Vermont 05461
Hours: M - F 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 482-2281
Town Clerk of Huntington
Huntington, Vermont 05462
Hours: M 8:00 - 7:00; Tu, W, Th 8:00 - 3:00
Phone: (802) 434-2023
Town Clerk of Jericho
Jericho, Vermont 05465
Hours: M-Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 1:30 (or by appointment)
Phone: (802) 899-4936 x1
Town Clerk of Milton
Milton, Vermont 05468
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 5:00
Phone: (802) 893-4111
Town Clerk of Richmond
Richmond, Vermont 05477
Hours: M 8:00 - 5:00; Tu - Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 12:00
Phone: (802) 434-2221/3139
Town Clerk of Shelburne
Shelburne, Vermont 05482
Hours: M - F 8:30 - 5:00
Phone: (802) 985-5116 x0
City Clerk of South Burlington
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30
Phone: (802) 846-4105
Town Clerk of St. George
St. George, Vermont 05495
Hours: Mon - Wed 8:00 - 2:00; Th 4:30 - 6:30
Phone: (802) 482-5272
Town Clerk of Westford
Westford, Vermont 05494
Hours: M-F 8:30 - 4:30; Summer F 8:30 - 1:00
Phone: (802) 878-4587
Town Clerk of Williston
Williston, Vermont 05495
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30
Phone: (802) 878-5121
City Clerk of Winooski
Winooski, Vermont 05404
Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30
Phone: (802) 655-6419
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Cities and Jurisdictions in Chittenden County
Properties in any of these areas use Chittenden County forms:
- Burlington
- Cambridge
- Charlotte
- Colchester
- Essex
- Essex Junction
- Fairfax
- Hinesburg
- Huntington
- Jericho
- Jonesville
- Milton
- Richmond
- Shelburne
- South Burlington
- Underhill
- Underhill Center
- Westford
- Williston
- Winooski
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Chittenden County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Chittenden 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 Chittenden County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Chittenden 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 Chittenden 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 Chittenden County?
Recording fees in Chittenden County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 434-5075 for current fees.
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On this Vermont enhanced life estate deed, the owner's signature line belongs to an agent: a named attorney-in-fact signs the deed on the owner's behalf under a power of attorney that expressly grants enhanced life estate authority. The form prepares that configuration for one grantor under 27 V.S.A. chapter 6, Vermont's Enhanced Life Estate Deed Act, the statute behind the deed families call a lady bird deed or ELE deed.
Express Authority, Written into the Power of Attorney
Vermont treats an enhanced life estate deed as one of the acts an agent cannot perform on general words alone. The Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act lists, at 14 V.S.A. § 4031(a)(12), the authority to convey, or to revoke or revise a grantee designation, by enhanced life estate deed, and reserves that authority to an express grant in the power of attorney; broad real estate language does not reach it. The deed's authority section recites that express grant, states that the power remains in effect, and identifies where the power of attorney is recorded, so the land records tie the deed to its source of authority. The power of attorney itself is a separate instrument, executed under its own formalities and recorded separately, and is not included in this package.
A Deed That Keeps the Owner in Control
The instrument does for the absent owner exactly what an owner-signed enhanced life estate deed does. The grantor keeps a common law life estate with exclusive use, possession, and enjoyment, and keeps the right to convey the property during life. The grantee takes a contingent remainder with no vested rights while the grantor lives: under 27 V.S.A. § 654, the recorded deed does not disturb the grantor's ownership or expose the property to the grantee's creditors, and under § 655 the grantee's acceptance is not needed and any attempt by the grantee to convey the contingent interest is void. At the grantor's death, title vests in the surviving grantee outside probate, subject to whatever encumbers the title of record. A later change runs through the land records too: revocation by a recorded deed from the grantor to the grantor, revision by recording a new ELE deed naming all intended grantees.
The Power of Attorney Travels with the Deed
Vermont records deeds town by town, not by county, and 27 V.S.A. § 305 calls for a power of attorney used to convey land to be signed, acknowledged, and recorded in the same office as the deed. The form's Section 2 collects the recording reference, or notes that the power is presented for recording with the deed. At the clerk's counter, the deed travels with a completed Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return; 32 V.S.A. § 9608 bars the clerk from recording without it, and an enhanced life estate deed is subject to the transfer tax when executed and recorded, with a refund petition available if the taxed interest is later revoked or revised.
What This Form Is Set Up As
The form recites one grantor, the principal, and one attorney-in-fact who signs. The signature block prints the grantor's name and marks the signature line as the attorney-in-fact's, and the notary certificate is the representative capacity short form of 26 V.S.A. § 5368(2), naming the person who appeared, the authority (attorney-in-fact), and the principal on whose behalf the deed was executed. An adult child holding a durable power of attorney for a parent in long term care, recording the parent's lady bird deed while the parent cannot travel to a signing, presents the pattern this deed recites. The form is not set up as a deed the owner signs personally, a deed for two grantors, or a fiduciary deed by a trustee or personal representative; those configurations carry different signature and certificate architecture.
The download includes the blank enhanced life estate deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the entire document filled in for a realistic Windsor County fact pattern, and a plain language guide that walks through every numbered section, the representative capacity acknowledgment, and town recording with the transfer tax return. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Chittenden County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual, Executed by Attorney-in-Fact) meets all recording requirements specific to Chittenden County.
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