Essex County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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Essex County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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Essex County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide
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Essex County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Document
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Where to Record Your Documents
Unified Towns & Gores Office
Island Pond, Vermont 05846
Hours: M 8:00 to 4:00 & Tu - F 8:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 723-5900
Town Clerk of Bloomfield
North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590
Hours: Tu & Th 9:00 - 3:00 and by appointment
Phone: (802) 962-5191
Town Clerk of Brighton
Brighton (Island Pond), Vermont 05846
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 3:30
Phone: (802) 723-4405
Town Clerk of Brunswick
Brunswick, Vermont 05905
Hours: M-F by appt (call first) & Th 4:00 - 6:00
Phone: (802) 962-5514
Town Clerk of Canaan
Canaan, Vermont 05903
Hours: M - F 9:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 266-3370
Town Clerk of Concord
Concord, Vermont 05824
Hours: M, Th, F 9:00 to 3:00 & Tu 12:00 to 6:00
Phone: (802) 695-2220
Town Clerk of East Haven
East Haven, Vermont 05837
Hours: Tu 1:00 to 6:00 & Th 8:00 to 1:00 and by appt
Phone: (802) 467-3772
Town Clerk of Granby
Granby, Vermont 05840
Hours: by appointment
Phone: (802) 328-3611
Town Clerk of Guildhall
Guildhall, Vermont 05905
Hours: Tu 9:00 - 3:00 & Th. 12:00 - 6:00
Phone: (802) 676-3797
Town Clerk of Lemington
Lemington, Vermont 05903
Hours: Wed 2:30 - 5:30
Phone: (802) 277-4814
Town Clerk of Lunenburg
Lunenburg, Vermont 05906
Hours: M - F 8:30 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 3:00; Summer: closed at noon
Phone: (802) 892-5959
Town Clerk of Maidstone
Guildhall, Vermont 05905
Hours: M & Th 9:00 - 3:00 or by appt
Phone: (802) 676-3210
Town Clerk of Norton
Norton, Vermont 05907
Hours: Tu 10:00 - 4:00; Th 10:00 - 12:00; F 1:00 - 5:00; last Sat/mth 10:00 - 12:00
Phone: (802) 822-9935
Town Clerk of Victory
North Concord, Vermont 05858
Hours: Tu & Th 10:00 to 3:00; other days by appt (695-3355)
Phone: (802) 328-2400
Recording Tips for Essex County:
- Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
- Request a receipt showing your recording numbers
- Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
- Make copies of your documents before recording - keep originals safe
- Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
Cities and Jurisdictions in Essex County
Properties in any of these areas use Essex County forms:
- Averill
- Beecher Falls
- Canaan
- Concord
- East Haven
- Gilman
- Granby
- Guildhall
- Island Pond
- Lunenburg
- North Concord
- Norton
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Essex County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Essex 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 Essex County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Essex 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 Essex 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 Essex County?
Recording fees in Essex County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 723-5900 for current fees.
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Two estates leave this deed, and both stand on the record the day it is filed: a life estate the grantor keeps, and a vested remainder the grantee owns from delivery. This is a Vermont quitclaim deed reserving a life estate in the grantor: one owner conveys the property without warranty while keeping the right to live on it, use it, and collect its income for life, and at the grantor's death the right to possession passes to the grantee without probate and without a second deed.
A conveyance and a reservation in the same operative clause
The deed's operative section performs both halves of the arrangement. First the conveyance: the grantor remises, releases, and forever quitclaims all right, title, and interest to the grantee, carrying no covenant or warranty of title; no Vermont statute prescribes a quitclaim form or reads covenants into a deed, so the express words are the deed's entire effect. Then the reservation: the grantor keeps a life estate, with exclusive possession, use, rents, and income for life. Recording in the town's land records under 27 V.S.A. section 342 makes the arrangement effectual against everyone beyond the grantor and the grantor's heirs.
A vested remainder, not a revocable designation
The reservation covers possession only: the deed states that the grantor retains no right or power to sell, convey, mortgage, revise, or revoke the remainder, and that it is not an enhanced life estate deed under 27 V.S.A. chapter 6, the 2020 statute governing deeds that reserve lifetime powers and leave the grantee a contingent interest. The remainder under this deed vests at delivery. The grantee's interest cannot be redirected by a later recorded revision, and a sale or mortgage of the whole property now takes the life tenant and every remainder holder signing together. Searches reach this configuration as a life estate deed, a quitclaim deed with reserved life estate, and under the quit claim deed and quick claim deed spellings.
One grantor, one reservation, a joinder block that waits
The form recites exactly one grantor. Ten numbered sections run from the parties, consideration, and property description through the source of title and matters of record to the operative conveyance and reservation, a signature block for the grantor, and a single acknowledgment certificate in Vermont's short form wording. A conditional joinder section stands ready for the married grantor: under 27 V.S.A. section 141 a homestead conveyance by a married owner is inoperative as to the homestead unless the spouse joins in executing and acknowledging it, so the form carries a joining spouse entry, signature block, and second certificate, completed only in that case. A parent deeding the farmhouse to a daughter while continuing to live in it, and an owner passing the camp to the next generation with lifetime use reserved, present the pattern this deed recites. A release of the entire title with nothing held back, co-owner grantors signing together, and trustee or entity signers each follow a different signing architecture this form does not carry.
Fifteen dollars a page, and a return that reports a life estate
Vermont keeps its land records municipally, so the deed records with the clerk of the town or city where the property lies, at the statewide $15 per page. Under 32 V.S.A. section 9608 the clerk cannot take a transfer deed of record until a completed Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, and its required certificate accompany it. The return identifies the kind of interest the deed moves, and the Department of Taxes materials for the return list a life estate among the interest categories it reports. Many deeds in this pattern are family gifts, and 32 V.S.A. section 9603(5) exempts transfers between parent and child, grandparent and grandchild, or spouses without actual consideration, claimed by number on the return; where tax is due, the general rate is 1.25 percent of value plus the 0.22 percent clean water surcharge.
What the download holds
The package holds the deed as a fillable PDF opening with a non-recorded instructions page, a completed example worked through for a Bennington, Bennington County fact pattern in which a mother conveys her home to her son and reserves a life estate for herself, and a plain language guide treating each numbered section, the ways grantees may hold the remainder under Vermont law, the reservation and homestead statutes, notarization, and the transfer tax return. The materials describe Vermont law in general terms; they are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Essex County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) meets all recording requirements specific to Essex County.
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