Orleans County Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

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Orleans County Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Orleans County Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

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

Document Last Validated 7/16/2026
Orleans County Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

Orleans County Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) form.

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Orleans County Completed Example of the Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Orleans County Completed Example of the Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/16/2026

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

Where to Record Your Documents

Town Clerk of Albany

Address:
827 Main St / PO Box 284
Albany, Vermont 05820

Hours: Tu & Th 9:00 to 4:00; We 9:00 to 7:00

Phone: (802) 755-6100

Town Clerk of Barton

Address:
34 Main St
Barton, Vermont 05822

Hours: M - Th 7:30 to 4:00 & Fr 7:30 to noon

Phone: (802) 525-6222

Town Clerk of Brownington

Address:
622 Schoolhouse Rd, Brownington / PO Box 66
Orleans, Vermont 05860

Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 754-8401

Town Clerk of Charleston

Address:
5063 VT Rte 105
West Charleston, Vermont 05872

Hours: M, Tu & Th 8:00 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 895-2814

Town Clerk of Coventry

Address:
168 Main St / PO Box 104
Coventry, Vermont 05825

Hours: M, Tu, Th, F 8:00 to 12:00; W 4:00 to 7:00; 3rd Sat 9:00 to 2:00

Phone: (802) 754-2288

Town Clerk of Craftsbury

Address:
85 S Craftsbury Rd / PO Box 55
Craftsbury, Vermont 05826

Hours: Tu - Fr 8:30 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 586-2823

Town Clerk of Derby

Address:
124 Main St
Derby, Vermont 05829

Hours: Mo - Th 7:00 to 5:00

Phone: (802) 766-4906

Town Clerk of Glover

Address:
51 Bean Hill
Glover, Vermont 05839

Hours: M - Th 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 525-6227

Town Clerk of Greensboro

Address:
81 Laurendon Ave / PO Box 119
Greensboro, Vermont 05841

Hours: Mo - Th 9:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 533-2911

Town Clerk of Holland

Address:
120 School Rd, Holland
Derby Line, Vermont 05830-8961

Hours: Mo, Tu, Th 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 895-4440

Town Clerk of Irasburg

Address:
161 Route 58 East / PO Box 51
Irasburg, Vermont 05845

Hours: Mo-We 9:00 to 3:00 & Th 9:00 to 6:00

Phone: (802) 754-2242

Town Clerk of Jay

Address:
1036 VT Route 242
Jay, Vermont 05859

Hours: Mo-Th 7:00 to 4:00; We until noon

Phone: (802) 988-2996

Town Clerk of Lowell

Address:
2170 VT Rte 100
Lowell, Vermont 05847

Hours: M-Th 9:00 to 2:30

Phone: (802) 744-6559

Town Clerk of Morgan

Address:
41 Meade Hill Rd / PO Box 45
Morgan, Vermont 05853

Hours: Mo & Th 8:00 to 4:00; Tu & We 8:00 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 895-2927

City of Newport: Clerk

Address:
222 Main St
Newport, Vermont 05855

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 334-2112

Town of Newport: Clerk

Address:
102 Vance Hill Rd / PO Box 85
Newport Ctr, Vermont 05857

Hours: Mo-Th 7:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 334-6442

Town Clerk of Troy

Address:
142 Main St
North Troy, Vermont 05859

Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 5:00

Phone: (802) 988-2663

Town Clerk of Westfield

Address:
38 School St
Westfield, Vermont 05874

Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 744-2484

Town Clerk of Westmore

Address:
54 Hinton Hill Rd
Orleans, Vermont 05860

Hours: Mo-Th 8:30 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 525-3007

Recording Tips for Orleans County:
  • White-out or correction fluid may cause rejection
  • Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
  • Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
  • Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
  • Request a receipt showing your recording numbers

Cities and Jurisdictions in Orleans County

Properties in any of these areas use Orleans County forms:

  • Albany
  • Barton
  • Beebe Plain
  • Coventry
  • Craftsbury
  • Craftsbury Common
  • Derby
  • Derby Line
  • East Charleston
  • Glover
  • Greensboro
  • Greensboro Bend
  • Irasburg
  • Lowell
  • Morgan
  • Newport
  • Newport Center
  • North Troy
  • Orleans
  • Troy
  • West Charleston
  • West Glover
  • Westfield

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Orleans County

How do I get my forms?

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

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

Recording fees in Orleans County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 755-6100 for current fees.

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The grantor line of this Vermont deed carries two identities: the trust that holds the title and the trustee who holds the pen. This is a Vermont grant deed configured for a trustee grantor: the trustee of a trust conveys Vermont real property with the express, limited covenants that define a grant deed, signing once, in a representative capacity, above a notary certificate written for exactly that kind of signature.

Title in the Trust, Signature by the Trustee

The form opens where a trustee's deed has to open: Section 1 identifies the trust by its name and the date of its trust instrument, Section 2 names the trustee who signs, and the operative section makes the conveyance and every covenant solely in the trustee capacity, not individually, satisfied from the trust estate. The single signature block carries the trustee's printed name and capacity, and the certificate beneath it tracks the Vermont statutory short form for an acknowledgment in a representative capacity: the record acknowledged by the named individual as trustee of the named trust, with the notary's printed name and commission number lines a paper record calls for. A successor trustee selling the settlor's former home after the settlor's death, a trustee deeding a parcel out of a revocable trust to a buyer, and a trustee distributing real estate to a beneficiary as a trust winds down present the pattern this deed recites. The form carries one trustee signature block; a trust in which two or more trustees act together presents a different signing pattern, and the form is not set up as a conveyance by individual owners, co-owner pairs, spouses, or a company's officers.

Covenants That Begin and End with the Trust's Tenure

Vermont law implies no covenants of title, so the deed writes its two promises out: the estate granted here has gone to no one else before this deed, and no encumbrance of the grantor's own making burdens the property beyond the matters the exceptions section lists. A boundary sentence confines both promises to acts of the grantor and claims arising by, through, or under the grantor. On a trustee's deed that window is the trust's period of ownership, measured from the vesting deed the form identifies, and a further sentence keeps the covenants from reaching the trustee personally: they bind the trustee in the trustee capacity and are answered from the trust estate. Title searchers meet this instrument under the names limited covenant deed and special warranty style conveyance, holding the ground between a full warranty deed and a covenant-free quitclaim.

The Deed Recites Authority; Another Instrument Documents It

A trustee's power to convey lives in the trust instrument, and the deed's capacity language states that relationship rather than settling it. Vermont supplies a recordable answer to the authority question: the certification of trust under 14A V.S.A. section 1013, a sworn statement of the trust's existence and the trustee's identity and powers, which the statute treats as evidence of authority to convey real property and which may be recorded in the municipal land records; it is a separate instrument, prepared and recorded separately, and not included in this package. Title examiners reading a trustee's deed in a Vermont chain commonly look for one alongside it.

A Municipal Record and a Return That May Claim an Exemption

The finished deed records with the town or city clerk where the land lies, Vermont having no county recording system, at the statewide $15.00 per page fee, and under 27 V.S.A. section 342 recording is what makes the conveyance hold against anyone beyond the grantor and the grantor's heirs. A completed Property Transfer Tax Return accompanies the deed under 32 V.S.A. section 9608, with the ordinary combined rate at 1.47 percent, and 32 V.S.A. section 9603 matters to trust conveyances in particular: its exemptions include certain no-consideration trust transfers and transfers involving no change in beneficial ownership, and a claimed exemption is stated on the return, which is filed with the clerk either way.

The download delivers the trustee grantor deed as a fillable PDF opening with a removable instructions page, a completed example carried through a Woodstock, Windsor County sale by the trustee of a family revocable trust, from the trust block to the commission number line, and a plain language guide to each numbered section, the co-ownership forms open to grantees, the representative-capacity notarization, and the recording and transfer tax filing. These materials describe Vermont law in general terms and are not legal advice.

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

This Grant Deed (Trustee Grantor) meets all recording requirements specific to Orleans County.

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