Franklin County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Form

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Franklin County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Form

Franklin County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Form

Fill in the blank Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.

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Franklin County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Guide

Franklin County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Guide

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Franklin County Completed Example of the Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Document

Franklin County Completed Example of the Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) document for reference.

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

Where to Record Your Documents

Town Clerk of Bakersfield

Address:
40 E Bakersfield Rd / PO Box 203
Bakersfield, Vermont 05441

Hours: M - F 9:00 to 12:00 & 7:00 to 8:00

Phone: (802) 827-4495

Town Clerk of Berkshire

Address:
4454 Watertower Rd
Enosburgh, Vermont 05450

Hours: M & Tu 8-12, 1-5; W & Th 9-12, 1-4

Phone: (802) 933-2335

Town Clerk of Enosburgh

Address:
239 Main St / PO Box 465
Enosburgh Falls, Vermont 05450

Hours: M - F 8:00 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 933-4421

Town Clerk of Fairfax

Address:
12 Buck Hollow Rd
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

Address:
25 North Rd / PO Box 5
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

Address:
215 Cambridge Rd
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

Address:
5167 Main St / PO Box 82
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

Address:
47 Town Common Rd N
St. Albans, Vermont 05478

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

Phone: (802) 524-3524

Town Clerk of Highgate

Address:
2996 VT Route 78 / PO Box 189
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

Address:
98 Main St / PO Box 356
Montgomery, Vermont 05471

Hours: M 8-12 & 1-6; Tu, Th, F 8-12 & 1-4

Phone: (802) 326-4719

Town Clerk of Richford

Address:
94 Main St / PO Box 236
Richford, Vermont 05476

Hours: M - Th 8:00 - 5:00; F 8:00 - noon

Phone: (802) 848-7751 x3

City of St. Albans Clerk

Address:
100 N Main St / PO Box 867
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

Address:
579 Lake Rd, St. Albans Town / PO Box 37
St. Albans Bay, Vermont 05481

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

Phone: (802) 524-2415

Town Clerk of Sheldon

Address:
1640 Main St / PO Box 66
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

Address:
1 Academy St / PO Box 711
Swanton, Vermont 05488

Hours: M-F 7:00 to 5:00

Phone: (802) 868-4421

Recording Tips for Franklin County:
  • Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
  • Leave recording info boxes blank - the office fills these
  • Have the property address and parcel number ready

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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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Franklin County

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. 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 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 second signature on this Vermont warranty deed belongs to someone who owns no part of the record title. One married grantor holds the property alone and conveys it with full warranty covenants; the grantor's spouse, named in the deed's own joinder section, signs and acknowledges beside the owner to satisfy 27 V.S.A. Section 141, the statute that makes a married owner's homestead conveyance inoperative without the spouse. The form prepares a Vermont general warranty deed built around exactly that pairing: one owner of record, one joining spouse, and a single instrument that carries them both.

The statute behind the second signature

Vermont protects the homestead, the home the family occupies up to $125,000 in value under 27 V.S.A. Section 101, with a signing rule rather than a lien. Under Section 141, a homestead or an interest in one is not conveyed by a married owner unless the wife or husband joins in both the execution and the acknowledgment of the conveyance, and a deed made without that joinder is inoperative so far as the homestead reaches. A companion provision, 27 V.S.A. Section 349, holds homestead property back from any grantee outside the marriage unless the spouse joins. Both halves of the rule matter: the spouse signs the deed, and the spouse also acknowledges it before a notary, which is why this form carries a second acknowledgment certificate and not merely a second signature line.

Joinder as architecture, not an afterthought

On this deed the joinder is a numbered operative section, not a blank held in reserve. The section names the joining spouse, recites the joinder under Section 141, and conveys and releases to the grantee all homestead rights and any other interest of the spouse in the property, so the face of the record shows the statute satisfied. The release travels one way: the joining spouse becomes no grantor of record and takes on no covenant, and the deed says so, leaving the warranty obligations, sole ownership, good right and title to convey, freedom from every encumbrance except those the deed lists, and defense against all lawful claims, resting on the grantor alone. Title standing in one name while a marriage stands behind it is the pattern this deed recites: a house bought before the wedding and never retitled, land inherited by one spouse while the couple lives on it, a home deeded into a single name during a long-ago refinance and now heading to closing. The form recites exactly one owner of record plus that owner's spouse; a conveyance from an unmarried owner, or from a couple who both hold record title, belongs to a different signing architecture that this form does not recite.

Two certificates, one notary visit or two

Each signer acknowledges on a certificate of that signer's own, worded to the individual short form of 26 V.S.A. Section 5368: the record was acknowledged before me on a stated date by the named signer. The certificates stand independent, so the grantor and the joining spouse may appear together at one closing table, as the completed example shows, or before different notaries on different days. Lines for the notary's printed name and commission number complete each certificate the way 26 V.S.A. Section 5367 describes for a paper record.

Into the town land records

The finished deed goes to the clerk of the Vermont town or city where the land lies, since Vermont keeps land records municipally, and under 27 V.S.A. Section 342 the recording is what makes the conveyance good against anyone beyond the grantor and the grantor's heirs. Form PTT-172, the Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return, travels to the counter with the deed, because 32 V.S.A. Section 9608 bars a clerk from receiving a deed without the completed return and its Act 250 certificate.

The download holds three pieces: the blank deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing a married grantor and joining spouse conveying a Washington County home from start to finish, and a plain language guide to every numbered section, the two-certificate signing pattern, the grantee vesting choices Vermont recognizes, and the recording and transfer tax steps. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.

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

This Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) meets all recording requirements specific to Franklin County.

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