Orange County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form
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Orange County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form
Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Orange County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide
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Orange County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Bradford Town Clerk
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
Braintree, Vermont 05060
Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00 to 4:00 and by appt
Phone: (802) 728-9787
Brookfield Town Clerk
Brookfield, Vermont 05036
Hours: Tue-Thu 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 276-3352 x10
Chelsea Town Clerk
Chelsea, Vermont 5038
Hours: Mon, Tue-Fri 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 685-4460
Corinth Town Clerk
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
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
Newbury, Vermont 05051
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 2:30; Tue until 6:00
Phone: (802) 866-5521
Orange Town Clerk
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
Randolph, Vermont 05060
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 728-5433 x 11
Strafford Town Clerk
Strafford, Vermont 05072
Hours: Mon-Thu 7:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 765-4411
Thetford Town Clerk
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
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
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
Vershire, Vermont 05079
Hours: Tue-Thu 8:30 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 685-2227
Washington Town Clerk
Washington, Vermont 05675
Hours: Mon, Tue 8:30 to 2:30 and by appt
Phone: (802) 883-2218
West Fairlee Town Clerk
West Fairlee, Vermont 05083
Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed 9:30-12 &1-3:30
Phone: (802) 333-9696
Williamstown Clerk
Williamstown, Vermont 05679
Hours: M-F 10am-3pm
Phone: (802) 433-5455 x203
Orange County Clerk
Chelsea, Vermont 05038
Hours: 8:30 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: (802) 685-4610
Recording Tips for Orange County:
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
- Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
- Consider using eRecording to avoid trips to the office
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
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.
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On this deed, the signature line does not belong to an individual owner in the usual sense: it belongs to a trustee, signing for a trust that holds title to Vermont real estate. This Vermont quitclaim deed is set up for the trustee grantor pattern, a deed that identifies the trust by name and date, recites that the grantor acts solely as trustee and not individually, and passes whatever interest the trust holds, without warranty of title.
A deed signed in a trustee's capacity
The grantor section names the trustee, and a dedicated trust section recites the name of the trust and the date of the trust instrument. The operative clause then remises, releases, and forever quitclaims all right, title, and interest the grantor holds as trustee, citing the trustee's power to sell and convey trust property under the trust instrument and 14A V.S.A. §§ 815 and 816, and binding the trust property rather than the trustee personally. Trusts move Vermont real estate in a handful of recurring patterns: a trustee distributing a home to a beneficiary after the settlor's death, a trustee of a revocable trust deeding property back to the settlor, and a trustee delivering a no-warranty conveyance to resolve a title question. Those transfers present the recitals this deed carries.
The form recites exactly one trustee grantor and one trust. A deed from an individual record owner, or from co-trustees whose trust instrument requires joint action, follows a different signing pattern than the single signature block and single certificate this form carries.
What a quitclaim conveys in Vermont
Vermont has no statutory quitclaim form and no statute that implies covenants of title from a deed's operative words, so the instrument's own language controls. This deed states that it conveys without covenant or warranty of title and passes only the interest, if any, the trustee holds at delivery; the grantee takes subject to whatever then affects title. That is the familiar trade of every quitclaim deed, sometimes searched as a quit claim deed or non-warranty deed: simplicity in exchange for no title promises, the reason the form appears so often in transfers between related parties and in conveyances into and out of trusts, where the parties already know the title.
The representative-capacity acknowledgment
Because the signer acts for a trust, the notary certificate on this form follows the representative-capacity short form of 26 V.S.A. § 5368(2): the record is acknowledged by the named individual as trustee of the named trust. The certificate carries the commission number element that 26 V.S.A. § 5367 lists for tangible records, and 27 V.S.A. § 341(a) makes the acknowledgment valid even without an official stamp affixed to the notary's signature. Vermont's deed statutes state no witness requirement, so one trustee signature and one certificate complete execution.
Authority is the other half of a trustee conveyance. A certification of trust under 14A V.S.A. § 1013, a sworn certificate prepared and recorded separately and not included in this package, documents the trust's existence, the trustee's identity, and the trustee's powers in the same municipal land records, and serves as conclusive proof of the matters it certifies, subject to the exceptions stated in that section.
Recording with the town clerk, not a county
Vermont keeps its land records with town and city clerks rather than county recorders, so the completed deed records in the municipality where the land lies, at the statewide fee of $15 per page. Under 32 V.S.A. § 9608, the clerk cannot record a deed unless a completed Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, accompanies it, together with the required Act 250 certificate. The return carries its own $15 filing fee, and an exemption claim, including the exemptions for certain no-consideration trust transfers under 32 V.S.A. § 9603, is documented on that same return.
What the download contains
The download contains the blank Vermont quitclaim deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing the deed filled in for a Chittenden County fact pattern from the trust identification through the representative-capacity acknowledgment, and a plain-language guide that walks through every section of the form, the signing formalities, and the recording steps at the town clerk's office. The materials describe Vermont law in general terms 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 Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) meets all recording requirements specific to Orange County.
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