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

Last validated July 17, 2026 by our Forms Development Team

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

Orleans 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 7/17/2026
Orleans County Memorandum of Lease (Married Couple as Lessors) Guide

Orleans 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.

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

Orleans 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 7/17/2026

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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:
  • Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
  • 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 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.

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 Orleans 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 Orleans County.

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