Essex County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) Form
Last validated October 6, 2026 by our Forms Development TeamFormatted for recording in Essex County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Averill, Beecher Falls, Canaan, Concord, East Haven, Gilman, Granby, Guildhall and 4 more.
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Essex County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) Form
Fill in the blank Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Essex County Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) form.
Essex County Completed Example of the Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Unified Towns & Gores Office
Island Pond, Vermont 05846
Hours: M 8:00 to 4:00 & Tu - F 8:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 723-5900
Town Clerk of Bloomfield
North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590
Hours: Tu & Th 9:00 - 3:00 and by appointment
Phone: (802) 962-5191
Town Clerk of Brighton
Brighton (Island Pond), Vermont 05846
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 3:30
Phone: (802) 723-4405
Town Clerk of Brunswick
Brunswick, Vermont 05905
Hours: M-F by appt (call first) & Th 4:00 - 6:00
Phone: (802) 962-5514
Town Clerk of Canaan
Canaan, Vermont 05903
Hours: M - F 9:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 266-3370
Town Clerk of Concord
Concord, Vermont 05824
Hours: M, Th, F 9:00 to 3:00 & Tu 12:00 to 6:00
Phone: (802) 695-2220
Town Clerk of East Haven
East Haven, Vermont 05837
Hours: Tu 1:00 to 6:00 & Th 8:00 to 1:00 and by appt
Phone: (802) 467-3772
Town Clerk of Granby
Granby, Vermont 05840
Hours: by appointment
Phone: (802) 328-3611
Town Clerk of Guildhall
Guildhall, Vermont 05905
Hours: Tu 9:00 - 3:00 & Th. 12:00 - 6:00
Phone: (802) 676-3797
Town Clerk of Lemington
Lemington, Vermont 05903
Hours: Wed 2:30 - 5:30
Phone: (802) 277-4814
Town Clerk of Lunenburg
Lunenburg, Vermont 05906
Hours: M - F 8:30 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 3:00; Summer: closed at noon
Phone: (802) 892-5959
Town Clerk of Maidstone
Guildhall, Vermont 05905
Hours: M & Th 9:00 - 3:00 or by appt
Phone: (802) 676-3210
Town Clerk of Norton
Norton, Vermont 05907
Hours: Tu 10:00 - 4:00; Th 10:00 - 12:00; F 1:00 - 5:00; last Sat/mth 10:00 - 12:00
Phone: (802) 822-9935
Town Clerk of Victory
North Concord, Vermont 05858
Hours: Tu & Th 10:00 to 3:00; other days by appt (695-3355)
Phone: (802) 328-2400
Recording Tips for Essex County:
- Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
- Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
- Make copies of your documents before recording - keep originals safe
- Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
- Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates
Cities and Jurisdictions in Essex County
Properties in any of these areas use Essex County forms:
- Averill
- Beecher Falls
- Canaan
- Concord
- East Haven
- Gilman
- Granby
- Guildhall
- Island Pond
- Lunenburg
- North Concord
- Norton
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Essex County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Essex 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 Essex County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Essex 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 Essex 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 Essex County?
Recording fees in Essex County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 723-5900 for current fees.
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Two Vermont owners can sign one enhanced life estate deed that reserves, to themselves and to the survivor of them, a life estate and the full right to convey, while naming who takes the property when the second of them dies. This form prepares that two-grantor deed under 27 V.S.A. chapter 6, the Enhanced Life Estate Deed Act, using the operative language of the optional statutory form in section 660.
A reservation that runs to the survivor
The statutory reserved rights clause on this deed reads in the plural: the Grantors, or the survivor of them, reserve a common law life estate with the exclusive use, possession, and enjoyment of the property, together with the right to convey it. That wording is what carries the arrangement across the first death. When one grantor dies, nothing changes hands and nothing is filed in probate; the surviving grantor holds the same reserved life estate and the same unrestricted power to sell, mortgage, lease, gift, revise, or revoke, all without the grantees' signature, consent, or knowledge. Only at the death of the last surviving grantor does title vest in the grantees, outside probate and subject to encumbrances then of record.
Lifetime control with statutory certainty
Vermont wrote this instrument into statute in 2020, replacing a common law practice known locally as the lady bird deed, the Medicaid deed, or the life estate deed with reserved powers; the statute calls it an enhanced life estate deed, or ELE Deed. Section 654 states the lifetime effect directly: a recorded ELE deed does not affect the ownership rights of the grantors or their creditors, transfers no present interest to the grantees, and does not expose the property to the grantees' creditors. Section 655 adds that a grantee cannot sell or encumber the contingent remainder while a grantor lives; an attempt is void. The grantors revoke by recording a deed to themselves, or revise by recording a new deed that names all intended grantees, and a mortgage granted later encumbers the property without disturbing the deed. A revocation or revision instrument is prepared and recorded separately and is not included in this package.
The two-grantor configuration
The form recites exactly two record owners as grantors. Both sign, and the deed carries an acknowledgment certificate for each signer, so the two grantors may acknowledge on different dates, before different notaries, or in different states. The grantee section names one or more remainder takers and states the nature of tenancy in which they will hold when title vests: fee simple for a single grantee, or tenants in common, joint tenants with right of survivorship, or another recognized Vermont form for several. The statute supplies its own defaults when a grantee dies first, including a survivorship default for joint tenant grantees. Spouses holding a Vermont home as tenants by the entirety and planning for it to pass to their children present the pattern this deed recites, and two co-owners of a family camp consolidating its succession present another; where the grantors are married and the property is a homestead, the two signatures also carry the spousal joinder that 27 V.S.A. sections 141 and 349 describe. A sole owner's enhanced life estate deed follows a different single-grantor pattern than the two-grantor architecture this form recites.
Recording at the town clerk
Vermont records deeds by town or city, not by county, so this deed goes to the clerk of the municipality where the land lies, at fifteen dollars per page. The clerk cannot record it without a completed Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return, filed with its own fifteen dollar fee, and the statute makes a recorded enhanced life estate deed expressly subject to the property transfer tax. Where the deed is later revoked or revised, Vermont law supplies a petition route for refunding tax paid on the enhanced life estate interest. The deed is formatted for Vermont town land records, with the first page reserving space for the clerk's recording information.
The download includes the two-grantor deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the entire document filled in for a realistic Chittenden County fact pattern, and a plain language guide that walks through every numbered section, the notarization, and the transfer tax return that accompanies recording. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Essex County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.
This Enhanced Life Estate Deed (Two Grantors) meets all recording requirements specific to Essex County.
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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Essex 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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