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

Last validated August 7, 2026 by our Forms Development Team

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

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

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

Orange 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 Orange County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Bradford Town Clerk

Address:
172 North Main St / PO Box 339
Bradford, Vermont 05033

Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30 to 4:30; Fri 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (802) 222-4727 x 300

Braintree Town Clerk

Address:
932 VT Route 12A
Braintree, Vermont 05060

Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00 to 4:00 and by appt

Phone: (802) 728-9787

Brookfield Town Clerk

Address:
40 Ralph Rd / PO Box 463
Brookfield, Vermont 05036

Hours: Tue-Thu 8:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 276-3352 x10

Chelsea Town Clerk

Address:
296 VT Rte 110 / PO Box 266
Chelsea, Vermont 5038

Hours: Mon, Tue-Fri 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 685-4460

Corinth Town Clerk

Address:
1387 Cookeville Rd / PO Box 461
Corinth, Vermont 05039

Hours: Mon 8:00 to 4:00, Tue 8:00 to 6:00, Fri 9:00 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 439-5850

Fairlee Town Clerk

Address:
75 Town Common Rd / PO Box 95
Fairlee, Vermont 05045

Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30 to 3:30; Fri 9:00 to 12:00 or by appt

Phone: (802) 333-4363

Newbury Town Clerk

Address:
4982 Main St S / PO Box 126
Newbury, Vermont 05051

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 2:30; Tue until 6:00

Phone: (802) 866-5521

Orange Town Clerk

Address:
392 US Route 302 / PO Box 233
East Barre, Vermont 05641 / 05649

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 479-2673

Randolph Town Clerk

Address:
7 Summer St / Drawer B
Randolph, Vermont 05060

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

Phone: (802) 728-5433 x 11

Strafford Town Clerk

Address:
227 Justin Morrill Hwy / PO Box 27
Strafford, Vermont 05072

Hours: Mon-Thu 7:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 765-4411

Thetford Town Clerk

Address:
3910 VT Route 113 / PO Box 126
Thetford, Vermont 05075

Hours: Mon 6:00 to 8:00; Tue-Thu 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 785-2922 x 10

Topsham Town Clerk

Address:
6 Harts Rd / PO Box 69
Topsham, Vermont 05076

Hours: Mon 1:00 to 6:00; Tue, Thu, Fri 9:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 439-5505

Tunbridge Town Clerk

Address:
271 VT RT 110 / PO Box 6
Tunbridge, Vermont 05077

Hours: Mon-Thu 7:30 to 3:00; Thu closed 11:00 to 12:30

Phone: (802) 889-5521

Vershire Town Clerk

Address:
6894 Vt Rte 113
Vershire, Vermont 05079

Hours: Tue-Thu 8:30 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 685-2227

Washington Town Clerk

Address:
2895 VT Rte 110
Washington, Vermont 05675

Hours: Mon, Tue 8:30 to 2:30 and by appt

Phone: (802) 883-2218

West Fairlee Town Clerk

Address:
870 Rte 113
West Fairlee, Vermont 05083

Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed 9:30-12 &1-3:30

Phone: (802) 333-9696

Williamstown Clerk

Address:
2470 VT Rte 14 / PO Box 646
Williamstown, Vermont 05679

Hours: M-F 10am-3pm

Phone: (802) 433-5455 x203

Orange County Clerk

Address:
5 Court St
Chelsea, Vermont 05038

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

Phone: (802) 685-4610

Recording Tips for Orange County:
  • Request a receipt showing your recording numbers
  • Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count
  • Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned

Cities and Jurisdictions in Orange County

Properties in any of these areas use Orange County forms:

  • Bradford
  • Brookfield
  • Chelsea
  • Corinth
  • East Corinth
  • East Randolph
  • East Thetford
  • Fairlee
  • Newbury
  • North Thetford
  • Post Mills
  • Randolph
  • Randolph Center
  • South Strafford
  • Strafford
  • Thetford
  • Thetford Center
  • Topsham
  • Tunbridge
  • Vershire
  • Washington
  • Wells River
  • West Fairlee
  • West Newbury
  • West Topsham
  • Williamstown

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Orange County

How do I get my forms?

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

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

Recording fees in Orange County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 222-4727 x 300 for current fees.

Questions answered? Let's get started!

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 Orange 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 Orange County.

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