Bennington County Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) Form

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Bennington County Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) Form

Bennington County Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) Form

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

Document Last Validated 7/17/2026
Bennington County Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) Guide

Bennington County Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) Guide

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Bennington County Completed Example of the Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) Document

Bennington County Completed Example of the Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/17/2026

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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:
  • Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates
  • Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
  • If mailing documents, use certified mail with return receipt

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 form prepares a Vermont memorandum of lease for a lease made by two individual lessors to one lessee, with a signature line and a separate acknowledgment certificate for each of the three parties. It is the recorded companion of a lease signed by two co-owners, two siblings who inherited land together, two joint owners of a commercial building, or a married couple leasing property they own, where all three parties execute and acknowledge the recorded notice.

Notice in the land records without the lease itself

Vermont law gives long leases real recording stakes. Under 27 V.S.A. 342, a lease for more than one year is not effectual to hold the leased estate against anyone but the lessor and the lessor's heirs unless it is acknowledged and recorded. Recording the entire lease puts every business term on the public record. The alternative the statute supplies is 27 V.S.A. 341(c): a recorded notice or memorandum of lease containing a defined list of items, so the record shows the lease and its essential terms while the rent, the operating covenants, and the rest of the contract stay private.

The statutory checklist, section by section

Section 341(c) states what the recorded memorandum contains, and the form's numbered sections track that list: the names of the parties, the date the lease was executed, the term, the description of the leased property, all rights of extension or renewal, rights of purchase or first refusal, restrictions on assignment, the addresses set forth in the lease, and the location of the original lease. The operative section then gives notice of the lease, ties each statutory item to its numbered section, and states that the lease controls wherever the memorandum and the lease differ, so the summary can never quietly amend the contract it summarizes.

Three signers, three certificates

The statute has the parties to the lease execute and acknowledge the memorandum, so this form carries signature blocks for both lessors and the lessee, each with a printed name line for the clerk's index, and a separate notary certificate for each signer. The separate certificates let the parties acknowledge on different dates or before different notaries, including notaries of other states; in the completed example, the two lessors acknowledge together in Chittenden County and the lessee acknowledges before a different notary four days later. Where the leased land includes a married owner's homestead, Vermont's joinder statutes contemplate both spouses signing the conveyance, and the two-lessor configuration carries both signatures on its face.

Recording in a town-record state

Vermont records land instruments with the clerk of the town or city where the land lies; there is no county recording system. The statewide fee is fifteen dollars per page under 32 V.S.A. 1671. One Vermont wrinkle is worth knowing at the counter: the property transfer tax definitions expressly include a memorandum of lease among the writings that can count as a deed, and a lease of 50 years or more, a shorter lease whose renewals can reach 50 years, or a shorter lease granting both a purchase right and a right to construct improvements is treated as a transfer of title that takes a Property Transfer Tax Return before the clerk records the instrument. A memorandum of an ordinary shorter lease, like the ten year farm lease in the completed example, records without a return, and the guide walks through the distinction.

What the package prepares

The memorandum is formatted for Vermont recording practice: letter size pages well inside the 32 V.S.A. 1671 page definition, 10 point body text above the statutory eight point minimum, reserved space at the top of page one for the clerk's recording information, and printed name lines under every signature. The download includes the blank memorandum as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the entire document filled in for a realistic Chittenden County fact pattern, and a plain language guide that walks through every numbered section, the signing formalities, and the recording process. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; a Vermont attorney can address how these statutes operate on a specific lease.

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

This Memorandum of Lease (Two Individual Lessors) meets all recording requirements specific to Bennington County.

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