Chittenden County Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) Form

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Chittenden County Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) Form

Chittenden County Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) Form

Fill in the blank Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.

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Chittenden County Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) Guide

Chittenden County Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) Guide

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Chittenden County Completed Example of the Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) Document

Chittenden County Completed Example of the Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/11/2026

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

Where to Record Your Documents

Town Clerk of Bolton

Address:
3045 Roosevelt Hwy.
Waterbury, Vermont 05676

Hours: M-Th 8:00 - 4:00

Phone: (802) 434-5075

Chittenden County Clerk (for Buel's Gore)

Address:
175 Main St / PO Box 187
Burlington, Vermont 05402

Hours: 7:30 to 4:00 M-F

Phone: (802) 951-5106

City Clerk of Burlington

Address:
City Hall - 149 Church St
Burlington, Vermont 05401

Hours: M-F 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 865-7000

Town Clerk of Charlotte

Address:
159 Ferry Rd / PO Box 119
Charlotte, Vermont 05445

Hours: M-F 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 425-3071

Town Clerk of Colchester

Address:
781 Blakely Rd / PO Box 55
Colchester, Vermont 05446

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 254-5520

Town Clerk of Essex

Address:
81 Main St
Essex Jct, Vermont 05452

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 879-0413

Town Clerk of Grand Isle

Address:
9 Hyde Rd / PO Box 49
Grand Isle, Vermont 05458-0049

Hours: M-F 8:30 - 3:30; Tu 5:00 - 7:00; Sa 10:00 -12:00

Phone: (802) 372-8830

Town Clerk of Hinesburg

Address:
10632 Route 116
Hinesburg, Vermont 05461

Hours: M - F 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 482-2281

Town Clerk of Huntington

Address:
4930 Main Rd
Huntington, Vermont 05462

Hours: M 8:00 - 7:00; Tu, W, Th 8:00 - 3:00

Phone: (802) 434-2023

Town Clerk of Jericho

Address:
67 VT Route 15 / PO Box 67
Jericho, Vermont 05465

Hours: M-Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 1:30 (or by appointment)

Phone: (802) 899-4936 x1

Town Clerk of Milton

Address:
43 Bombardier Rd / PO Box 18
Milton, Vermont 05468

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 5:00

Phone: (802) 893-4111

Town Clerk of Richmond

Address:
203 Bridge St. / PO Box 285
Richmond, Vermont 05477

Hours: M 8:00 - 5:00; Tu - Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 12:00

Phone: (802) 434-2221/3139

Town Clerk of Shelburne

Address:
5420 Shelburne Rd / PO Box 88
Shelburne, Vermont 05482

Hours: M - F 8:30 - 5:00

Phone: (802) 985-5116 x0

City Clerk of South Burlington

Address:
575 Dorset St
South Burlington, Vermont 05403

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 846-4105

Town Clerk of St. George

Address:
21 Barber Rd / PO Box 874
St. George, Vermont 05495

Hours: Mon - Wed 8:00 - 2:00; Th 4:30 - 6:30

Phone: (802) 482-5272

Town Clerk of Westford

Address:
1713 VT Rte 128
Westford, Vermont 05494

Hours: M-F 8:30 - 4:30; Summer F 8:30 - 1:00

Phone: (802) 878-4587

Town Clerk of Williston

Address:
7900 Williston Rd
Williston, Vermont 05495

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 878-5121

City Clerk of Winooski

Address:
27 West Allen St
Winooski, Vermont 05404

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 655-6419

Recording Tips for Chittenden County:
  • Check that your notary's commission hasn't expired
  • Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
  • Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates
  • Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count

Cities and Jurisdictions in Chittenden County

Properties in any of these areas use Chittenden County forms:

  • Burlington
  • Cambridge
  • Charlotte
  • Colchester
  • Essex
  • Essex Junction
  • Fairfax
  • Hinesburg
  • Huntington
  • Jericho
  • Jonesville
  • Milton
  • Richmond
  • Shelburne
  • South Burlington
  • Underhill
  • Underhill Center
  • Westford
  • Williston
  • Winooski

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Chittenden County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Chittenden 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 Chittenden County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Chittenden 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 Chittenden 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 Chittenden County?

Recording fees in Chittenden County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 434-5075 for current fees.

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Both halves of a married couple sign this deed, and their two signatures carry the whole transaction: the conveyance itself, the limited covenants behind it, and the spousal joinder Vermont statute demands before homestead or entireties property leaves a marriage. The form is a Vermont special warranty deed arranged for two grantors who are spouses of each other, with a grantor line, signature line, and acknowledgment certificate for each spouse.

The joinder lives in the signature lines

Vermont attaches two statutes to a married seller's deed. Under 27 V.S.A. Section 141, a married owner's homestead conveyance is inoperative as to the homestead without the spouse joining in its execution and acknowledgment, and under Section 349 an interest in property spouses hold as tenants by the entirety cannot pass to a nonspouse unless the other spouse joins. On a deed where the married couple are the two grantors, those requirements are met by the same two signatures that convey the property, so the form carries no separate joinder block at all. The operative language recites that the grantors are married to each other, that each joins in the execution and acknowledgment, and that each conveys and releases that spouse's entire interest in the property, homestead rights included.

Two spouses, one grantor unit

The deed recites exactly two grantors, married to each other, each conveying in a personal capacity, with a single grantee section for the new owners' names and vesting words. Vermont's marital estate explains why the pairing matters. Where spouses hold as tenants by the entirety, the Vermont Supreme Court's decision in Cooper v. Cooper holds that neither spouse owns a separate share that can be conveyed or encumbered without the other, so the marital unit conveys as a whole or not at all. The same architecture covers spouses who hold between themselves as joint tenants or tenants in common, and the household where record title stands in one spouse's name and the other spouse joins to release marital and homestead rights. Spouses conveying a rental property or the family camp held through the marriage, a couple deeding the marital real estate to the next generation, and spouses moving property into a trust present the patterns this deed recites. The form is not set up as a deed for one owner conveying alone, for co-owners who are not married to each other, or for an entity or fiduciary grantor; those configurations recite different parties than this deed carries. Under Preston v. Chabot, divorce converts entireties title into a tenancy in common by operation of law, so former spouses convey as ordinary co-owners.

Covenants bounded by the couple's years in title

No Vermont statute implies covenants into an ordinary deed, so this instrument spells its warranty out and draws its limit expressly. The grantors covenant that they are lawfully seized, that they hold good right and title to convey, and that the property passes free of encumbrances they made or suffered except as the deed states, and they warrant and defend against claims by, through, or under themselves, or either of them, but no further back. A title problem that entered the record before the couple took ownership falls outside the promise. Buyers and title examiners searching for a limited warranty deed in Vermont are looking at this same instrument under its other common name.

Recorded in the town, taxed at the counter

The finished deed goes to the clerk of the town or city where the land lies; Vermont keeps land records at the municipal level and has no county recorder. Recording costs fifteen dollars per page statewide, and 32 V.S.A. Section 9608 keeps the clerk from accepting a transfer deed without a completed Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, and its Act 250 certificate. Counting the clean water surcharge, the ordinary transfer tax comes to 1.47 percent of value, with a reduced bracket on the first $200,000 where the buyer takes the property as a principal residence, and the guide sets out the rates, the exemptions, and the return itself.

The package holds the special warranty deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing every entry for a Washington County couple's sale, and a plain language guide covering each numbered section, the grantee vesting forms, notarization, and municipal recording. The materials describe Vermont law generally and are not legal advice; a Vermont attorney can say how these rules bear on a particular marriage, title, or sale.

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

This Special Warranty Deed (Married Couple as Grantors) meets all recording requirements specific to Chittenden County.

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