Essex County Gift Deed (Interspousal) Form
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Essex County Gift Deed (Interspousal) Form
Fill in the blank Gift Deed (Interspousal) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Essex County Gift Deed (Interspousal) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Gift Deed (Interspousal) form.
Essex County Completed Example of the Gift Deed (Interspousal) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Gift Deed (Interspousal) 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:
- Check that your notary's commission hasn't expired
- Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
- Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
- Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
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. 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 Essex County?
Recording fees in Essex County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 723-5900 for current fees.
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One signature line carries this entire Vermont deed: it is a gift deed from one spouse to the other, and the grantee spouse signs nothing. The package prepares an interspousal gift deed for Vermont real property, moving the grantor's whole interest into the other spouse's name alone, without a price and without warranties.
A gift between spouses, stated on the face of the deed
The deed states that the grantor and the grantee are married to each other or joined in a civil union that Vermont law recognizes, and it conveys in consideration of love and affection, without actual consideration. Vermont law makes room for exactly this conveyance: 27 V.S.A. section 349(a) permits a person to convey real estate directly to the person's spouse, with no intermediate conveyance and no second grantor. And because Vermont has no statute that implies title covenants from a deed's operative words, the form says plainly what a gift deed is: a conveyance of whatever interest the grantor holds at delivery, with no covenant or warranty of title, stated in bold capitals in the operative section.
The homestead interest travels with the gift
Vermont's homestead statute ordinarily makes a married owner's conveyance of the homestead inoperative as to the homestead unless the other spouse joins in the deed. The interspousal direction is the exception written into the statute itself: under 27 V.S.A. section 141(d), a spouse or civil union partner may convey the homestead interest to the other spouse or civil union partner, and a conveyance of homestead property between spouses is deemed to include any homestead interest. The deed carries that statutory reference in its operative section, so the land record shows the homestead question answered on the face of the instrument. Spouses consolidating a home into one name after a marriage, and households where title practice places the non-titled spouse's homestead interest with the titled spouse, present the pattern this spouse-to-spouse deed carries.
Exempt from the transfer tax, never from the return
Vermont taxes transfers of real property by deed, and a transfer between two spouses without actual consideration is exempt under 32 V.S.A. section 9603(5). The exemption does not travel by itself: 32 V.S.A. section 9608 bars the town clerk from recording a deed unless a complete Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return accompanies it, so the return is prepared and the exemption is claimed on it even though no tax is due. Recording happens with the clerk of the town or city where the land lies, since Vermont keeps its land records by municipality rather than by county, at fifteen dollars per page plus fifteen dollars for the return filing. Under 27 V.S.A. section 342, recording is also what makes the deed effectual against anyone beyond the grantor and the grantor's heirs; between the spouses the gift operates on delivery, and the recorded deed protects the grantee against the rest of the world.
What this form is set up as
The form carries nine numbered sections: one grantor entry, one grantee entry, the property's town and formal legal description, the street address, the source of title, encumbrances of record, a survey reference blank serving 27 V.S.A. section 341(b), the gift conveyance, and a single signature block feeding one acknowledgment certificate in Vermont's statutory short form wording, with the commission number line the notary statutes describe for certificates completed without an official stamp. The grantor signs before a notary public, in Vermont or in any state where the grantor happens to be. The form is not set up as a two-grantor deed, and it is not set up to place both spouses on title together; the grantee entry names one person, the grantor's spouse, taking the entire interest in sole ownership. A deed signed by both spouses in favor of an outsider, and a deed adding a spouse alongside the grantor as co-owner, each follow a different architecture from the one this interspousal transfer document carries.
The package contains the gift deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the form filled in for a Milton, Chittenden County fact pattern, and a plain language guide that walks through every numbered section, the notary certificate, and recording with the town clerk. The materials describe Vermont law in general terms and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Essex County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Gift Deed (Interspousal) 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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