Chittenden County Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Form

Last validated August 7, 2026 by our Forms Development Team

Chittenden County Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Form

Chittenden County Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Form

Fill in the blank Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.

Document Last Validated 8/7/2026
Chittenden County Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Guide

Chittenden County Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) form.

Document Last Validated 7/17/2026
Chittenden County Completed Example of the Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Document

Chittenden County Completed Example of the Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 8/7/2026

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

Where to Record Your Documents

Town Clerk of Bolton

Address:
3045 Roosevelt Hwy.
Waterbury, Vermont 05676

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

Phone: (802) 434-5075

Chittenden County Clerk (for Buel's Gore)

Address:
175 Main St / PO Box 187
Burlington, Vermont 05402

Hours: 7:30 to 4:00 M-F

Phone: (802) 951-5106

City Clerk of Burlington

Address:
City Hall - 149 Church St
Burlington, Vermont 05401

Hours: M-F 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 865-7000

Town Clerk of Charlotte

Address:
159 Ferry Rd / PO Box 119
Charlotte, Vermont 05445

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

Phone: (802) 425-3071

Town Clerk of Colchester

Address:
781 Blakely Rd / PO Box 55
Colchester, Vermont 05446

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 254-5520

Town Clerk of Essex

Address:
81 Main St
Essex Jct, Vermont 05452

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 879-0413

Town Clerk of Grand Isle

Address:
9 Hyde Rd / PO Box 49
Grand Isle, Vermont 05458-0049

Hours: M-F 8:30 - 3:30; Tu 5:00 - 7:00; Sa 10:00 -12:00

Phone: (802) 372-8830

Town Clerk of Hinesburg

Address:
10632 Route 116
Hinesburg, Vermont 05461

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

Phone: (802) 482-2281

Town Clerk of Huntington

Address:
4930 Main Rd
Huntington, Vermont 05462

Hours: M 8:00 - 7:00; Tu, W, Th 8:00 - 3:00

Phone: (802) 434-2023

Town Clerk of Jericho

Address:
67 VT Route 15 / PO Box 67
Jericho, Vermont 05465

Hours: M-Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 1:30 (or by appointment)

Phone: (802) 899-4936 x1

Town Clerk of Milton

Address:
43 Bombardier Rd / PO Box 18
Milton, Vermont 05468

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 5:00

Phone: (802) 893-4111

Town Clerk of Richmond

Address:
203 Bridge St. / PO Box 285
Richmond, Vermont 05477

Hours: M 8:00 - 5:00; Tu - Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 12:00

Phone: (802) 434-2221/3139

Town Clerk of Shelburne

Address:
5420 Shelburne Rd / PO Box 88
Shelburne, Vermont 05482

Hours: M - F 8:30 - 5:00

Phone: (802) 985-5116 x0

City Clerk of South Burlington

Address:
575 Dorset St
South Burlington, Vermont 05403

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

Phone: (802) 846-4105

Town Clerk of St. George

Address:
21 Barber Rd / PO Box 874
St. George, Vermont 05495

Hours: Mon - Wed 8:00 - 2:00; Th 4:30 - 6:30

Phone: (802) 482-5272

Town Clerk of Westford

Address:
1713 VT Rte 128
Westford, Vermont 05494

Hours: M-F 8:30 - 4:30; Summer F 8:30 - 1:00

Phone: (802) 878-4587

Town Clerk of Williston

Address:
7900 Williston Rd
Williston, Vermont 05495

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

Phone: (802) 878-5121

City Clerk of Winooski

Address:
27 West Allen St
Winooski, Vermont 05404

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 655-6419

Recording Tips for Chittenden County:
  • Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
  • Make copies of your documents before recording - keep originals safe
  • If mailing documents, use certified mail with return receipt

Cities and Jurisdictions in Chittenden County

Properties in any of these areas use Chittenden County forms:

  • Burlington
  • Cambridge
  • Charlotte
  • Colchester
  • Essex
  • Essex Junction
  • Fairfax
  • Hinesburg
  • Huntington
  • Jericho
  • Jonesville
  • Milton
  • Richmond
  • Shelburne
  • South Burlington
  • Underhill
  • Underhill Center
  • Westford
  • Williston
  • Winooski

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Chittenden County

How do I get my forms?

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

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

Recording fees in Chittenden County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 434-5075 for current fees.

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This fillable memorandum of lease is prepared for Vermont property owned by a married couple: two lessors who are spouses, one lessee, and one recorded instrument that puts their long-term lease on the town land records without placing the lease itself there. It is the short, recordable notice Vermont law calls a notice or memorandum of lease, built for a lease with a term of more than one year.

Notice on the record, rent off the record

A Vermont lease that runs longer than one year sits inside the recording rules for conveyances. Under 27 V.S.A. Section 342, such a lease holds the estate against persons other than the lessors and their heirs only when it is acknowledged and recorded. Recording the whole lease would place every business term, rent included, in the public records. 27 V.S.A. Section 341(c) supplies the alternative: a notice or memorandum of lease, executed and acknowledged by the parties to the lease and recorded in the land records of the town where the property lies, in place of the lease at length.

The statute lists what the recorded notice contains, and the form's numbered sections track that list: the names and addresses of the parties as set forth in the lease, the date the lease was executed, the term, a description of the leased property, extension and renewal rights, purchase or first refusal rights, restrictions on assignment, and the location of an original of the lease.

Two married lessors, three signatures

The form recites exactly two lessors, married to each other, and one lessee. The lessor section carries a name and address entry for each spouse and states that the lessors are married to each other; the signature area carries three signature blocks; and each signer has an acknowledgment certificate of its own, so the three signatures can be taken on different dates, before different notaries, or in different states.

The married couple architecture reflects how Vermont spouses hold land. Vermont title practice treats a conveyance to a married couple as a tenancy by the entirety, an estate in which neither spouse holds a separable share that can be conveyed or encumbered alone, and 27 V.S.A. Sections 141 and 349 describe spousal joinder for homestead and entireties property. A multi-year lease is a conveyance of an interest in the land, so a lease of property the spouses hold together names both of them as lessors, and that is the pattern this memorandum recites. Spouses leasing the family farm, a village commercial building, or a house they own together present the two-lessor pattern this form carries; a sole owner, an entity landlord, and co-owners who are not married to each other each present a different signature architecture than the one this form is set up as.

Recording in the town, not the county

Vermont records land instruments by municipality, so the completed memorandum goes to the clerk of the town or city where the leased property is situated, at the statewide fee of 15 dollars per page under 32 V.S.A. Section 1671. No property transfer tax return accompanies an ordinary memorandum of lease. Vermont's transfer tax definitions reach a leasehold only when the term is perpetual, reaches fifty years, can be extended by renewal to fifty years, or, for a shorter lease, when a right to purchase is combined with rights to construct buildings or major improvements; a memorandum of a lease in that territory counts as a deed under 32 V.S.A. Section 9601 and records only with a completed Form PTT-172 under Section 9608.

What the recorded memorandum accomplishes

Once recorded, the memorandum gives record notice of the lease and its listed terms, which is what protects a long-term lessee's estate against later purchasers and encumbrancers under the recording rule. The lease itself remains the parties' agreement: the memorandum does not amend it, states where the original lease is held, and is controlled by the lease on any inconsistency. A later amendment, an assignment, or a termination of the lease takes its own instrument, prepared and recorded separately and not included in this package.

The download includes the fillable Vermont memorandum of lease form, a completed example showing a ten year Milton farm lease entered section by section, and a guide that walks through each entry, the signing sequence for the three signers, and recording with the town clerk. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.

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

This Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) meets all recording requirements specific to Chittenden County.

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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Chittenden 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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