Orleans County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form

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Orleans County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form

Orleans County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form

Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.

Document Last Validated 7/18/2026
Orleans County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide

Orleans County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide

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Orleans County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Document

Orleans County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/18/2026

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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:
  • Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
  • Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
  • Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
  • Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
  • Some documents require witnesses in addition to notarization

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!

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 Orleans 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 Orleans County.

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