Franklin County Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) Form
Last validated September 7, 2026 by our Forms Development TeamFormatted for recording in Franklin County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Bakersfield, East Berkshire, East Fairfield, Enosburg Falls, Fairfield, Franklin, Highgate Center, Highgate Springs and 8 more.
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Franklin County Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) Form
Fill in the blank Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Franklin County Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) form.
Franklin County Completed Example of the Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Town Clerk of Bakersfield
Bakersfield, Vermont 05441
Hours: M - F 9:00 to 12:00 & 7:00 to 8:00
Phone: (802) 827-4495
Town Clerk of Berkshire
Enosburgh, Vermont 05450
Hours: M & Tu 8-12, 1-5; W & Th 9-12, 1-4
Phone: (802) 933-2335
Town Clerk of Enosburgh
Enosburgh Falls, Vermont 05450
Hours: M - F 8:00 to 3:30
Phone: (802) 933-4421
Town Clerk of Fairfax
Fairfax, Vermont 05454
Hours: M - F 9:00 to 4:00; 1st & 3rd Mon 6:00 to 8:00
Phone: (802) 849-6111
Town Clerk of Fairfield
Fairfield, Vermont 05455
Hours: M, Tu, Th, F 8:00 to 3:00; W 10:30 to 5:30
Phone: (802) 827-3261 x1
Town Clerk of Fletcher
Cambridge, Vermont 05444
Hours: M 8 - 3:30 & 6:30 - 8:30; Tu - Th 8 to 3:30
Phone: (802) 849-6616
Town Clerk of Franklin
Franklin, Vermont 05457
Hours: M, Tu, F 8:30 to 3:30; W 8:30 to noon; Th 8:30 to 6:00
Phone: (802) 285-2101
Town Clerk of Georgia
St. Albans, Vermont 05478
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:00
Phone: (802) 524-3524
Town Clerk of Highgate
Highgate Ctr, Vermont 05459
Hours: M-F 8:30 to 12 & 1:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 868-4697 X201
Town Clerk of Montgomery
Montgomery, Vermont 05471
Hours: M 8-12 & 1-6; Tu, Th, F 8-12 & 1-4
Phone: (802) 326-4719
Town Clerk of Richford
Richford, Vermont 05476
Hours: M - Th 8:00 - 5:00; F 8:00 - noon
Phone: (802) 848-7751 x3
City of St. Albans Clerk
St. Albans, Vermont 05478-0867
Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30; last Sat 9:00 - 12:00
Phone: (802) 524-1501 x264
Town of St. Albans Clerk
St. Albans Bay, Vermont 05481
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:00
Phone: (802) 524-2415
Town Clerk of Sheldon
Sheldon, Vermont 05483
Hours: M 8:00 to 6:00 & Tu-F 8:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 933-2524 x3
Town Clerk of Swanton
Swanton, Vermont 05488
Hours: M-F 7:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 868-4421
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Cities and Jurisdictions in Franklin County
Properties in any of these areas use Franklin County forms:
- Bakersfield
- East Berkshire
- East Fairfield
- Enosburg Falls
- Fairfield
- Franklin
- Highgate Center
- Highgate Springs
- Montgomery
- Montgomery Center
- Richford
- Saint Albans
- Saint Albans Bay
- Sheldon
- Sheldon Springs
- Swanton
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How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Franklin 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 Franklin County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Franklin 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 Franklin 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. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended, and most PDF apps also work. 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?
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How much does it cost to record in Franklin County?
Recording fees in Franklin County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 827-4495 for current fees.
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The firm named on the grantor line of this deed owns the land entirely, and its partners own none of it. This Vermont special warranty deed is drawn for a partnership grantor: record title stands in the name of a general partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited partnership, one authorized partner signs on the firm's behalf, and the covenants of title stop at the edge of the partnership's own ownership. Vermont partnership law states the premise plainly: under 11 V.S.A. Section 3241, a partner is not a co-owner of partnership property and holds no interest in it that can be transferred, so the land passes by the firm's deed, never by a partner's.
Whose signature carries a firm's land
Vermont's partnership act, 11 V.S.A. Chapter 22, makes each partner an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business, and Section 3222 addresses the transfer of property held in the partnership name by an instrument executed in that name. What the chapter adds for real estate is a recorded answer to the authority question. Under Section 3223, a partnership may file a statement of partnership authority naming the partners authorized to execute an instrument transferring the firm's real property, and a certified copy of that filed statement, recorded in the land records where the property lies, makes the named partner's grant of authority conclusive in favor of a purchaser who gives value without knowledge to the contrary. That statement is filed and recorded separately and is not included in this package; a filed statement also lapses by operation of law five years after it, or its latest amendment, was filed. For a limited partnership under 11 V.S.A. Chapter 23, the certificate of limited partnership on file with the Secretary of State names each general partner, and a general partner executes the firm's deed.
Firm recitals, one partner's By line
The form recites a single grantor: the partnership, identified by its name, its form and state of organization, and its principal office address, with a separate numbered section for the authorized signer and the capacity held, whether partner, general partner, or another authorized title. The signature block prints the partnership's name, the signer signs the By line, and the printed name and title repeat beneath it; one acknowledgment certificate in the representative capacity form of 26 V.S.A. Section 5368 finishes the execution, with the printed notary name and a commission number line in place of a stamp. A partnership has no spouse, so no joining spouse block appears on this deed. Two siblings' farm partnership selling road frontage, a real estate partnership delivering a building to its buyer, and a firm in winding up distributing its last parcel to a partner present the pattern this partnership deed recites. The form is not set up as a deed from an LLC, a corporation, a trustee, or individual owners, including partners who hold land in their own names without a partnership indication in the record; those configurations recite different parties and different capacity language.
What the firm promises, and what it does not
Vermont supplies no statutory covenant package for ordinary conveyances, so the deed states its covenants expressly: lawful seizin, good right and title to convey, freedom from encumbrances the partnership made or suffered except those it lists, and an obligation to warrant and defend against claims that arise by, through, or under the grantor and no others. A defect that entered the record before the firm took title stays outside the promise; that boundary is what separates this instrument, known in Vermont title work as a special warranty deed or limited warranty deed, from a full warranty conveyance.
The tax return that rides with a firm's deed
The signed deed goes to the clerk of the town or city where the land lies, and 32 V.S.A. Section 9608 bars a town clerk from recording any transfer deed unless a completed Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, arrives attached to it. Partnership transfers meet the return in both directions: an ordinary sale is taxed on value, while 32 V.S.A. Section 9603(16) exempts a transfer by a partnership to a partner in connection with a complete dissolution in which no gain or loss is recognized, claimed by exemption number on the return. Section 9602 reaches the entity itself as well, taxing a transfer or acquisition of a controlling interest, half or more of the partnership's capital, profits, or beneficial interest, even when no deed ever records.
The download contains three pieces: the special warranty deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example following a Vermont partnership's sale of a Windham County property through every entry, and a plain language guide to the firm recitals, signer authority under 11 V.S.A. Chapters 22 and 23, the vesting forms open to the grantees, notarization, and recording with the town clerk. The materials describe Vermont law in general terms and are not legal advice; a Vermont attorney can apply these rules to a particular partnership, authority question, or title.
Important: Your property must be located in Franklin County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.
This Special Warranty Deed (Partnership Grantor) meets all recording requirements specific to Franklin County.
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