Windham County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Form
Last validated September 3, 2026 by our Forms Development TeamFormatted for recording in Windham County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Cambridgeport, East Dover, Grafton, Jacksonville, Jamaica, Londonderry and 19 more.
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Windham County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Form
Fill in the blank Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Windham County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) form.
Windham County Completed Example of the Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Town Clerk of Athens
Athens, Vermont 05143
Hours: Mo 9:00 to 1:00 or by appt.
Phone: (802) 869-3370
Town Clerk of Brattleboro
Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 251-8157
Town Clerk of Brookline
Newfane, Vermont 05345
Hours: Tu, Th 9:00 - 2:00; 1st Sat 9:00 to noon; and by appt.
Phone: (802) 365-4648
Town Clerk of Dover
West Dover, Vermont 05356
Hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 464-5100 x2
Town Clerk of Dummerston
East Dummerston, Vermont 05346
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th, Fr 9:00 to 3:00 & We 11:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 257-1496
Town Clerk of Grafton
Grafton, Vermont 05146
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th, Fr 9:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00; call first
Phone: (802) 843-2419
Town Clerk of Guilford
Guilford , Vermont 05301
Hours: Mo 7:00 to 6:00; Tu-Th 7:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 254-6857
Town Clerk of Halifax
West Halifax, Vermont 05358
Hours: Mo, Tu, Fr 8:00 to 3:00 & Sa 9:00 to noon
Phone: (802) 368-7390
Town Clerk of Jamaica
Jamaica, Vermont 05343
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 874-4681
Town Clerk of Londonderry
South Londonderry, Vermont 05155
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th, Fr 8:30 to 2:30; We 10:00 to 5:00; Sat by appt
Phone: (802) 824-3356
Town Clerk of Marlboro
Marlboro, Vermont 05344
Hours: Mo, We, Th 9:00 to 4:00 (always call ahead)
Phone: (802) 254-2181
Town Clerk of Newfane
Newfane, Vermont 05345
Hours: Mo - Fr 8:00 to 6:00
Phone: (802) 365-7772 x10
Town Clerk of Putney
Putney, Vermont 05346
Hours: Mo, We-Fr 9:00 to 2:00; We 7:00 to 9:00; Sa 9:00 to noon
Phone: (802) 387-5862 x14
Town Clerk of Rockingham
Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 463-4336 x102
Windham County Clerk (for Somerset)
Newfane, Vermont 05345
Hours: 8:30 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: (802) 251-2009
Town Clerk of Stratton
Stratton, Vermont 05360
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 869-6184
Town Clerk of Townshend
Townshend, Vermont 05353
Hours: Mo-We & Fr 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 365-7300
Town Clerk of Vernon
Vernon, Vermont 05354
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th 7:30 to 5:30; We 7:30 to 9:30am
Phone: (802) 257-0292 x4
Town Clerk of Wardsboro
Wardsboro, Vermont 05355
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 896-6055
Town Clerk of Westminster
Westminster, Vermont 05158
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 722-4091
Town Clerk of Whitingham
Jacksonville, Vermont 05342
Hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 to 2:00; We 5:00 to 7:00; 1st Sa 9:00 to noon
Phone: (802) 368-7887
Town Clerk of Wilmington
Wilmington, Vermont 05363-0217
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 464-5836
Town Clerk of Windham
Windham, Vermont 05359
Hours: Mo 12:00 to 4:30; Tu 8:30 to 12:00; We 8:30 to 4:30; Th 11:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 874-4211
Recording Tips for Windham County:
- Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
- Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
- Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates
- Request a receipt showing your recording numbers
- Ask about accepted payment methods when you call ahead
Cities and Jurisdictions in Windham County
Properties in any of these areas use Windham County forms:
- Bellows Falls
- Brattleboro
- Cambridgeport
- East Dover
- Grafton
- Jacksonville
- Jamaica
- Londonderry
- Marlboro
- Newfane
- Putney
- Saxtons River
- South Londonderry
- South Newfane
- Townshend
- Vernon
- Wardsboro
- West Dover
- West Dummerston
- West Halifax
- West Townshend
- West Wardsboro
- Westminster
- Westminster Station
- Whitingham
- Williamsville
- Wilmington
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Windham County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Windham 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 Windham County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Windham 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 Windham 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. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended, and most PDF apps also work. 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 Windham County?
Recording fees in Windham County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 869-3370 for current fees.
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One signature would leave the homestead question open; this deed carries two. The Vermont Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) prepares an enhanced life estate deed, the instrument also searched as a lady bird deed or Medicaid deed, for one married record owner of Vermont real property whose spouse does not appear on the title.
One record owner, two signatures
The form names a single Grantor, the spouse who holds record title, and a joining spouse who owns nothing of record. Vermont law makes a married owner's conveyance of the homestead inoperative as to the homestead unless the other spouse joins in the execution and acknowledgment, 27 V.S.A. Section 141, and no Vermont appellate decision yet says whether that rule reaches a deed in which the owner keeps a life estate and the right to convey. This deed answers the question on the face of the record instead of leaving it to argument: the non-owner spouse signs a labeled joinder block and acknowledges before a notary, and the joinder clause states that the spouse takes no interest under the deed and shares none of the reserved rights. Owners who took title before the marriage, and owners holding inherited property in one name, present the pattern this form describes.
A life estate the statute enhances
An ordinary life estate deed locks the owner in, because selling or mortgaging afterward takes the remainderman's signature. Vermont's Enhanced Life Estate Deed Act, 27 V.S.A. chapter 6, in effect since July 13, 2020, gives statutory footing to the alternative Vermont practitioners built for years under names like lady bird deed and Italian deed. The Grantor reserves a common law life estate together with the right to convey the property, and the named grantees receive only a contingent remainder. The recorded deed changes nothing during the Grantor's life: it does not affect the Grantor's ownership or the rights of the Grantor's creditors, it transfers no present interest, and it keeps the property clear of the grantees' creditors under 27 V.S.A. Section 654. The Grantor may sell, mortgage, revise, or revoke without the grantees' joinder, consent, or notice. At the Grantor's death, title vests in the surviving grantees outside probate, subject to encumbrances of record.
Grantees, tenancy, and later changes
The grantee section accepts one or more grantees and a nature of tenancy entry stating how several grantees hold once title vests: as tenants in common, the Vermont default under 27 V.S.A. Section 2, as joint tenants, or, for grantees married to each other, as tenants by the entirety. The statute also plans for change. The Grantor revokes by recording a deed back to the Grantor and revises by recording a new enhanced life estate deed naming all grantees; each is a separate recorded instrument, prepared apart from this package.
Recording with the town clerk
Vermont records land town by town, not by county, so the deed goes to the clerk of the town or city where the land lies, at $15.00 per page under 32 V.S.A. Section 1671. A completed Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, travels with it; the clerk cannot record the deed without one under 32 V.S.A. Section 9608, and an executed and recorded enhanced life estate deed is subject to the property transfer tax. Where the deed is later revoked or revised, 32 V.S.A. Section 9617(8)(B) lets the person who paid the tax petition for a refund. The acknowledgment certificates follow the statutory short form wording, and the guide walks through the return, the rates, and the principal residence treatment at the moment they matter.
What the download includes
The package contains the blank deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the whole document filled in for a realistic Chittenden County fact pattern, and a plain language guide covering every numbered section, the signing and notarization mechanics for both spouses, and the recording steps. The materials describe Vermont law in general terms and are not legal advice; a Vermont attorney can apply these rules to a particular title.
Important: Your property must be located in Windham County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.
This Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) meets all recording requirements specific to Windham County.
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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Windham 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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