Bennington County Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) Form

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Bennington County Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) Form

Bennington County Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) Form

Fill in the blank Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.

Document Last Validated 7/13/2026
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Bennington County Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) Guide

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Bennington County Completed Example of the Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) Document

Bennington County Completed Example of the Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/13/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Bennington County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Town of Arlington Town Clerk

Address:
3828 VT Route 7A / PO Box 304
Arlington, Vermont 05250

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM to 2 PM and by appt

Phone: (802) 375-2332

Town of Bennington Town Clerk

Address:
205 South St
Bennington, Vermont 05201

Hours: Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM

Phone: (802) 442-1043

Town of Dorset Town Clerk

Address:
112 Mad Tom Rd / PO Box 24
East Dorset, Vermont 05253

Hours: 8:00 to 4:00 M-F or by appt

Phone: (802) 362-1178 Ext 2

Bennington County Clerk (for Glastenbury)

Address:
207 South St
Bennington, Vermont 05262

Hours: M-F 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Phone: (802) 447-2700

Town of Landgrove Town Clerk

Address:
88 Landgrove Rd
Londonderry, Vermont 05148

Hours: Thurs 9am to 1pm or by appt

Phone: (802) 824-3716

Town of Manchester Town Clerk

Address:
6039 Main St / PO Box 830
Manchester Center, Vermont 05255

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 362-1313 x1

Town of Peru Town Clerk

Address:
402 Main St / PO Box 127
Peru, Vermont 05152

Hours: Tues, Thurs 8:30am - 4:00pm

Phone: (802) 824-3065

Town of Pownal Town Clerk

Address:
467 Center St / PO Box 411
Pownal, Vermont 05261

Hours: M, T, Th, F 9:30 to 4:00; Wed 9:30 to 2:00

Phone: (802) 823-7757

Town of Readsboro Town Clerk

Address:
301 Phelps Lane / PO Box 187
Readsboro, Vermont 05350

Hours: M,T,Th,F 8:00 to 3:30; Wed 4:30 to 8:30

Phone: (802) 423-5405

Town of Rupert Town Clerk

Address:
187 East St / PO Box 140
West Rupert, Vermont 05776

Hours: Mon 11:00 to 7:00; Tue, Wed 12:00 to 5:00; Thu 8:30 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 394-7728

Town of Sandgate Town Clerk

Address:
3266 Sandgate Road
Sandgate, Vermont 05250

Hours: Mon, Wed 9:30 to 12:30; Tue 9:30 to 11:30; Thu, Fri 9:30 to 12:30

Phone: (802) 375-9075

Town of Searsburg Town Clerk

Address:
18 Town Garage Rd / PO Box 157
Wilmington, Vermont 05363

Hours: Mon 8:00 to 4:00; Tue, Fri 8:00 to noon

Phone: (802) 464-8081

Town of Shaftsbury Town Clerk

Address:
61 Buck Hill Rd / PO Box 409
Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262

Hours: Mon 9:00 to 4:30; Tue - Fri 9:00 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 442-4038

Town of Stamford Town Clerk

Address:
986 Main Road
Stamford, Vermont 05352

Hours: Tue, Wed 11:00 to 3:00; Thu 11:00 to 3:00 & 7:00 to 9:00; Fri 9:00 to 1:00

Phone: (802) 694-1361

Town of Sunderland Town Clerk

Address:
181 South Rd / Mail: 104 Mountain View Rd
Sunderland, Vermont 05252 / 05250

Hours: Mon - Thu 8:00 to 2:00

Phone: (802) 375-6106

Town of Whitingham Town Clerk

Address:
2948 VT Route 100
Jacksonville, Vermont 05342

Hours: M-F 9 to 2; W 5 to 7; Sat 9 to 12

Phone: (802) 368-7887

Town of Winhall Town Clerk

Address:
115 VT Route 30
Bondville, Vermont 05340

Hours: Mon - Thu 7:00 to 1:00 or by appt

Phone: (802) 297-2122

Town of Woodford Town Clerk

Address:
1391 VT Route 9
Woodford, Vermont 05201

Hours: Call for hours or appt

Phone: (802) 442-4895

Recording Tips for Bennington County:
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  • Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count
  • Ask about their eRecording option for future transactions

Cities and Jurisdictions in Bennington County

Properties in any of these areas use Bennington County forms:

  • Arlington
  • Bennington
  • Bondville
  • Dorset
  • East Arlington
  • East Dorset
  • Manchester
  • Manchester Center
  • North Bennington
  • North Pownal
  • Peru
  • Pownal
  • Readsboro
  • Rupert
  • Shaftsbury
  • Stamford
  • West Rupert

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Bennington County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Bennington 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 Bennington County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Bennington 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 Bennington 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 Bennington County?

Recording fees in Bennington County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 375-2332 for current fees.

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This Vermont grant deed is drawn for a conveyance in which the same name can appear on both sides of the instrument. It is the trust-funding configuration: an individual owner conveys Vermont real property to the trustee of the owner's own revocable trust, most often the owner in a trustee capacity, carrying the two limited covenants a Vermont grant deed spells out expressly.

One Owner, Two Capacities

The grantor section identifies a single individual, and the grantee section carries the three identifiers that together vest trust title: the trustee who takes the property, the exact name of the trust, and the date of the trust instrument. 27 V.S.A. section 349 recognizes a direct conveyance to oneself in another capacity, and the deed states that recognition on its face, so the record shows a completed transfer even where grantor and trustee are one individual. An owner retitling a home into a revocable living trust at the center of an estate plan, and an owner moving a rental parcel into the trustee's name to complete that plan, present the pattern this deed recites. The form is not set up as a conveyance out of a trust, as a deed by two settlors funding a shared trust, or as a company's transfer; each of those carries a different grantor architecture. Nor does the deed create the trust it funds: under 27 V.S.A. section 303 a trust concerning land rests on a signed written instrument, and this deed presumes that instrument already exists.

The Return Is Filed, the Tax Is Usually Not Owed

Vermont bars a town clerk from receiving a deed for recording without a completed Property Transfer Tax Return under 32 V.S.A. section 9608, and that bar reaches a trust-funding deed even when no money changes hands. What changes is the arithmetic on the return. Two entries on the 32 V.S.A. section 9603 exemption list speak to this transfer: subdivision (5) reaches transfers in trust without actual consideration to the extent of the benefit to the donor, and subdivision (6) reaches a mere change in the form of ownership with no change in beneficial ownership. An owner funding a revocable trust the owner can undo at will commonly stands inside both descriptions. The exemption is claimed on Form PTT-172 itself, the return travels to the clerk's counter with the deed, and the $15.00 return filing fee applies alongside the $15.00 per page recording charge.

Covenants From an Owner Who Keeps Control

No Vermont statute reads covenants into a deed, so this form writes the grant deed pair into its text: the grantor has conveyed the estate to no one else before this deed, and no encumbrance of the grantor's making burdens the property beyond what the deed's exceptions section lists. A limiting sentence confines both covenants to the grantor's own acts and to claims arising by, through, or under the grantor. On a transfer into the owner's own revocable trust the covenants take an unusual posture: the same person typically stands at both ends of them, and the promises matter mostly to later title examiners reading the chain. Searchers reach this instrument as a living trust deed, a trust transfer deed, or a limited covenant conveyance occupying the ground between a warranty deed and a quitclaim.

Homestead, Marriage, and the Clerk's Counter

A married owner deeding the homestead meets Vermont's joinder statutes even when the deed runs to the owner's own trust: the trustee is not the spouse, so 27 V.S.A. sections 141 and 349(a)(2) call for the spouse or civil union partner to join in the execution and acknowledgment. A conditional joinder section, with a signature line and a notary certificate of its own, carries that second signature where homestead rights exist and otherwise stays empty. The finished deed records with the clerk of the town or city where the land lies, Vermont keeping its land records municipally, and under 27 V.S.A. section 342 the recorded deed is what holds the estate against anyone beyond the grantor and the grantor's heirs.

The download supplies the deed as a fillable PDF opening with a removable instructions page; a completed example carried through a Montpelier, Washington County trust funding, from the grantor block through the trustee vesting and both notary certificates; and a plain language guide to each numbered section, the trust-title vesting the grantee clause carries, the joinder statutes, and the path through recording and the transfer tax return. These materials describe Vermont law in general terms and are not legal advice.

Important: Your property must be located in Bennington County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Grant Deed (Grantor to Own Revocable Trust) meets all recording requirements specific to Bennington County.

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