Orleans County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Form
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Orleans 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.
Orleans County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Guide
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Where to Record Your Documents
Town Clerk of Albany
Albany, Vermont 05820
Hours: Tu & Th 9:00 to 4:00; We 9:00 to 7:00
Phone: (802) 755-6100
Town Clerk of Barton
Barton, Vermont 05822
Hours: M - Th 7:30 to 4:00 & Fr 7:30 to noon
Phone: (802) 525-6222
Town Clerk of Brownington
Orleans, Vermont 05860
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 754-8401
Town Clerk of Charleston
West Charleston, Vermont 05872
Hours: M, Tu & Th 8:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 895-2814
Town Clerk of Coventry
Coventry, Vermont 05825
Hours: M, Tu, Th, F 8:00 to 12:00; W 4:00 to 7:00; 3rd Sat 9:00 to 2:00
Phone: (802) 754-2288
Town Clerk of Craftsbury
Craftsbury, Vermont 05826
Hours: Tu - Fr 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 586-2823
Town Clerk of Derby
Derby, Vermont 05829
Hours: Mo - Th 7:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 766-4906
Town Clerk of Glover
Glover, Vermont 05839
Hours: M - Th 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 525-6227
Town Clerk of Greensboro
Greensboro, Vermont 05841
Hours: Mo - Th 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 533-2911
Town Clerk of Holland
Derby Line, Vermont 05830-8961
Hours: Mo, Tu, Th 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 895-4440
Town Clerk of Irasburg
Irasburg, Vermont 05845
Hours: Mo-We 9:00 to 3:00 & Th 9:00 to 6:00
Phone: (802) 754-2242
Town Clerk of Jay
Jay, Vermont 05859
Hours: Mo-Th 7:00 to 4:00; We until noon
Phone: (802) 988-2996
Town Clerk of Lowell
Lowell, Vermont 05847
Hours: M-Th 9:00 to 2:30
Phone: (802) 744-6559
Town Clerk of Morgan
Morgan, Vermont 05853
Hours: Mo & Th 8:00 to 4:00; Tu & We 8:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 895-2927
City of Newport: Clerk
Newport, Vermont 05855
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 334-2112
Town of Newport: Clerk
Newport Ctr, Vermont 05857
Hours: Mo-Th 7:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 334-6442
Town Clerk of Troy
North Troy, Vermont 05859
Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 988-2663
Town Clerk of Westfield
Westfield, Vermont 05874
Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 744-2484
Town Clerk of Westmore
Orleans, Vermont 05860
Hours: Mo-Th 8:30 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 525-3007
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Cities and Jurisdictions in Orleans County
Properties in any of these areas use Orleans County forms:
- Albany
- Barton
- Beebe Plain
- Coventry
- Craftsbury
- Craftsbury Common
- Derby
- Derby Line
- East Charleston
- Glover
- Greensboro
- Greensboro Bend
- Irasburg
- Lowell
- Morgan
- Newport
- Newport Center
- North Troy
- Orleans
- Troy
- West Charleston
- West Glover
- Westfield
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Orleans County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Orleans 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 Orleans County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County?
Recording fees in Orleans County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 755-6100 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County.
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