Rutland County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) Form
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Rutland County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) Form
Fill in the blank Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Rutland County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) form.
Rutland County Completed Example of the Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Town Clerk of Benson
Benson, Vermont 05731
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th, Fr 9:00 to 3:00 & We 3:00 to 7:00
Phone: (802) 537-2611
Town Clerk of Brandon
Brandon, Vermont 05733
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 247-3635
Town Clerk of Castleton
Castleton, Vermont 05735
Hours: Mo-We 9:00 to 4:30; Th 10:00 to 5:30 (closed 12:30-1:00); Fr 9:00 to 1:00
Phone: (802) 468-2212
Town Clerk of Chittenden
Rutland, Vermont 05737
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 483-6647 x1
Town Clerk of Clarendon
Clarendon, Vermont 05759
Hours: Mo-Th 10am to 4pm
Phone: (802) 775-4274
Town Clerk of Danby
Danby, Vermont 05739
Hours: Mo-Th 9am to 12pm & 1pm to 4pm
Phone: (802) 293-5136
Town Clerk of Fair Haven
Fair Haven, Vermont 05743
Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:00; We until 7:00; Fr 8:00 to 12:00
Phone: (802) 265-3610 x4
Town Clerk of Hubbardton
Castleton, Vermont 05735
Hours: Mo, We, Fr 9am to 2pm; call on other days
Phone: (802) 273-2951
Town Clerk of Ira
Ira, Vermont 05777
Hours: Tu 3:00 to 7:00 & Fr 8:30 to 2:30; or by appt
Phone: (802) 235-2745
Town Clerk of Killington
Killington, Vermont 05751
Hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 422-3243
Town Clerk of Mendon
Mendon, Vermont 05701
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th 8:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 775-1662 x1
Town Clerk of Middletown Springs
Middletown Springs, Vermont 05757-1232
Hours: Mo, Tu 9:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00, Fr 1:00 to 4:00, Sa 9:00 to 12:00
Phone: (802) 235-2220
Town Clerk of Mount Holly
Mount Holly, Vermont 05758
Hours: Mo-Th 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 259-2391
Town Clerk of Mount Tabor
Mt. Tabor, Vermont 05739
Hours: Tu & We 9am to noon or by appt
Phone: (802) 293-5282 or 293-5020 (home)
Town Clerk of Pawlet
Pawlet, Vermont 05761-0128
Hours: Mo, We 8:30 to 3:30; Tu 11:00 to 6:00; Th 9:00 to noon
Phone: (802) 325-3309 x1
Town Clerk of Pittsfield
Pittsfield, Vermont 05762
Hours: Tu 12pm to 6pm; We, Th 9am to 3pm
Phone: (802) 746-8170
Town Clerk of Pittsford
Pittsford, Vermont 05763-0010
Hours: Mo-We 8:00 to 4:30; Th 8:00 to 6:00; Fr 8:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 483-6500 x11, 12 & 13
Town Clerk of Poultney
Poultney, Vermont 05764
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 12:30 & 1:30 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 287-5761
Town Clerk of Proctor
Proctor, Vermont 05765
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 459-3333
City of Rutland: Clerk
Rutland, Vermont 05702
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 5:00 (phone); 9:00 to 4:45 (vault)
Phone: (802) 773-1800 x5
Town of Rutland: Clerk
Ctr Rutland, Vermont 05736
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 773-2528
Town Clerk of Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, Vermont 05738
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 492-3511
Town Clerk of Sudbury
Sudbury, Vermont 05733
Hours: Mo 9:00 to 4:00; We 7:00 to 9:00; Fr 9:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 623-7296
Town Clerk of Tinmouth
Tinmouth, Vermont 05773
Hours: Mo & Th 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00; most Sats 9:00 to noon; and by appt
Phone: (802) 446-2498
Town Clerk of Wallingford
Wallingford, Vermont 05773
Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:30; Fr 8:00 to 12:00
Phone: (802) 446-2336
Town Clerk of Wells
Wells, Vermont 05774
Hours: Mo-Th 7:30 to 3:30
Phone: (802) 645-0486 x10
Town Clerk of West Haven
West Haven, Vermont 05743
Hours: Mo & We 1:00 to 3:30
Phone: (802) 265-4880
Town Clerk of West Rutland
West Rutland, Vermont 05777
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 3:00; Friday by appointment
Phone: (802) 438-2204
Recording Tips for Rutland County:
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- Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count
Cities and Jurisdictions in Rutland County
Properties in any of these areas use Rutland County forms:
- Belmont
- Benson
- Bomoseen
- Brandon
- Castleton
- Center Rutland
- Chittenden
- Cuttingsville
- Danby
- East Poultney
- East Wallingford
- Fair Haven
- Florence
- Forest Dale
- Hydeville
- Killington
- Middletown Springs
- Mount Holly
- North Clarendon
- Pawlet
- Pittsfield
- Pittsford
- Poultney
- Proctor
- Rutland
- Wallingford
- Wells
- West Pawlet
- West Rutland
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Rutland County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Rutland 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 Rutland County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Rutland 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 Rutland 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 Rutland County?
Recording fees in Rutland County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 537-2611 for current fees.
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One Vermont owner, signing alone, can direct where real property goes at death without probate while keeping every element of lifetime ownership. This Vermont Enhanced Life Estate Deed is configured for a single individual grantor: one grantor recital, one signature line, and one acknowledgment certificate, built on the optional statutory form in 27 V.S.A. section 660. Vermont codified this instrument, long known as a lady bird deed and now formally the ELE deed, in 2020 as chapter 6 of Title 27, the Enhanced Life Estate Deed Act.
Lifetime Control the Grantor Keeps
The deed's operative section reserves two things to the grantor: a common law life estate with exclusive use, possession, and enjoyment of the property, and the right to convey the property. The statute defines convey broadly, reaching a sale, gift, lease, transfer, or mortgage, with or without consideration, and including revocation and revision of the deed itself. Under 27 V.S.A. section 656, the grantor revokes or revises without the grantee's joinder, consent, agreement, or even notice; revocation is a recorded deed from the grantor back to the grantor, and revision is a new recorded ELE deed naming the changed grantee list. Section 654 states that the recorded deed does not affect the grantor's ownership rights, transfers no present interest to the grantee, and does not expose the property to the grantee's creditors during the grantor's life. The grantee holds only a contingent remainder and cannot convey it; section 655(b) makes an attempted transfer void.
What the Individual Configuration Recites
The form recites exactly one grantor, a natural person as 27 V.S.A. section 653(4) requires, and carries a single signature block with one acknowledgment certificate in the Vermont short form. The grantee section accepts one or more grantees, and a nature of tenancy entry states how title stands among them when it vests. A widowed or unmarried owner naming an adult child, and a sole owner naming two relatives as tenants in common or joint tenants, present the single grantor pattern this deed recites. Property held by two owners, including spouses holding a Vermont tenancy by the entirety, presents a two grantor signing pattern that this form is not set up as; Vermont law requires spousal joinder for conveyances of homestead and entireties property, and the deed as configured recites one owner acting alone.
At the Grantor's Death
If the grantor still owns the property at death, title vests in the grantee under section 654(c), subject to encumbrances of record, with no probate administration of the parcel. A mortgage recorded during the grantor's life rides with the property; it encumbers the interest without disturbing the deed. Where a grantee dies first, section 658 supplies the default: a sole grantee's interest passes to that grantee's heirs or beneficiaries as the Probate Division directs, while a surviving joint tenant grantee takes by survivorship under the tenancy the deed recites.
Recording With the Town Clerk
Vermont records deeds by municipality, so this deed goes to the clerk of the town or city where the land lies, at the statewide fifteen dollar per page fee. The recording package includes a completed Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172; 32 V.S.A. section 9608 bars the clerk from recording without a complete return and the required Act 250 certificate. The ELED Act makes a recorded enhanced life estate deed subject to the transfer tax even as a family gift, and 32 V.S.A. section 9617(8)(B) supplies a refund petition route when tax was paid on an interest later revoked or revised.
What the Package Contains
The download includes the fillable deed form, a completed example showing a Washington County fact pattern, and a guide that walks through each section, the notary certificate, and the town recording process. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; a Vermont attorney can address how the Act operates on a specific title or estate plan.
Important: Your property must be located in Rutland County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Individual) meets all recording requirements specific to Rutland County.
Our Promise
The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Rutland County recording format requirements. If there is a rejection caused by our formatting, we will correct the issue or refund your payment. This guarantee applies to document formatting only and does not extend to information entered by the user, the selection of the form, or the legal effect of the completed document.
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