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

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

Washington 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.

Document Last Validated 8/14/2026
Washington County Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Guide

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

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Document Last Validated 7/18/2026
Washington County Completed Example of the Warranty Deed (Married Grantor with Spouse Joinder) Document

Washington 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.

Document Last Validated 7/18/2026

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

Where to Record Your Documents

City of Barre: Clerk

Address:
6 North Main St, Ste 6 / PO Box 418
Barre, Vermont 05641

Hours: Mo-Fr 7:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 476-0242

Town of Barre: Clerk

Address:
149 Websterville Rd / PO Box 124
Websterville, Vermont 05678

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 479-9391/9392

Town Clerk of Berlin

Address:
108 Shed Rd
Berlin, Vermont 05602

Hours: Mo-Th 8:30 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 229-9298

Town Clerk of Cabot

Address:
3084 Main St / PO Box 36
Cabot, Vermont 05647

Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 5:00

Phone: (802) 563-2279

Town Clerk of Calais

Address:
3120 Pekin Brook Rd
East Calais, Vermont 05650

Hours: Mo-Th 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 456-8720

Town Clerk of Duxbury

Address:
5421 VT Rte 100
Duxbury, Vermont 05676

Hours: Tu-Fr 7:30 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 244-6660

Clerk of East Montpelier

Address:
40 Kelton Rd / PO Box 157
East Montpelier, Vermont 05651-0157

Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 5:00; Fr 9:00 to noon

Phone: (802) 223-3313 x201

Town Clerk of Fayston

Address:
866 North Fayston Rd
North Fayston, Vermont 05660

Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 3:30 & Fr 9:00 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 496-2454 x21

Town Clerk of Marshfield

Address:
122 School St, Rm 1
Marshfield, Vermont 05658

Hours: Tu-Fr 8:00 to 12:00 & 12:30 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 426-3305

Town Clerk of Middlesex

Address:
5 Church St
Middlesex, Vermont 05602

Hours: Mo-Th 8:30 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 223-5915

City of Montpelier: Clerk

Address:
39 Main St
Montpelier, Vermont 05602

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 223-9500

Town Clerk of Moretown

Address:
19 Kaiser Dr
Waterbury, Vermont 05676

Hours: Mo-Fr 7:00 to 2:45

Phone: (802) 882-8218

Town Clerk of Northfield

Address:
51 S Main St
Northfield, Vermont 05663

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 485-5421

Town of Plainfield

Address:
149 Main St / PO Box 217
Plainfield, Vermont 05667

Hours: Mo, We, Fr 7:30 to 12:00 & 12:30 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 454-8461

Town Clerk of Roxbury

Address:
1664 Roxbury Rd / PO Box 53
Roxbury, Vermont 05669

Hours: Tu-Fr 9:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 485-7840

Town Clerk of Waitsfield

Address:
9 Bridge St
Waitsfield, Vermont 05673

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 496-2218

Town Clerk of Warren

Address:
42 Cemetery Rd / PO Box 337
Warren, Vermont 05674

Hours: Mo-Fr 9:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 496-2709 x21

Town Clerk of Waterbury

Address:
43 S Main St / Mail: 51 S Main St
Waterbury, Vermont 05676

Hours: Mo-Fr 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 244-8447

Town Clerk of Woodbury

Address:
1672 Rte 14 / PO Box 10
Woodbury, Vermont 05681

Hours: Mo-Th 9:00 to 1:00 & Mo 6:00 to 8:00

Phone: (802) 456-7051

Town Clerk of Worcester

Address:
20 Worcester Village Rd / Mail: Drawer 161
Worcester, Vermont 05682

Hours: Mo 9:00 to 12:00; Tu-Th 9:00 to 3:00; We to 5:00

Phone: (802) 223-6942

Recording Tips for Washington County:
  • Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
  • Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
  • Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
  • Verify the recording date if timing is critical for your transaction

Cities and Jurisdictions in Washington County

Properties in any of these areas use Washington County forms:

  • Adamant
  • Barre
  • Cabot
  • Calais
  • East Barre
  • East Calais
  • East Montpelier
  • Graniteville
  • Marshfield
  • Montpelier
  • Moretown
  • North Montpelier
  • Northfield
  • Northfield Falls
  • Plainfield
  • South Barre
  • Waitsfield
  • Warren
  • Waterbury
  • Waterbury Center
  • Websterville
  • Woodbury
  • Worcester

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Washington County

How do I get my forms?

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

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

Recording fees in Washington County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 476-0242 for current fees.

Questions answered? Let's get started!

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 Washington 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 Washington County.

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