Orange County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Form
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Orange County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Form
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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:
- Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
- Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count
- Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
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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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 Orange 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 Orange County.
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