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Certificate of Trust Form - Stafford County
Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included document last updated 3/10/2021
Certificate of Trust Guide - Stafford County
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
Included document last updated 3/2/2021
Completed Example of the Certificate of Trust Document - Stafford County
Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included document last updated 3/18/2021
*The Following Virginia and Stafford County supplemental forms are included as a courtesy with your order.
Virginia Land Record Cover Sheet (VLRCS)
When recording a real estate deed in Virginia, a bar-coded, cover sheet is required in many counties/cities. This form must be generated online at the Virginia courts website. The information sheet provides a link to the form generator and further instructions. Contact the local office to confirm whether this cover sheet is required.
VA Circuit Court Deed Fee Schedule
This detailed schedule lists amounts by instrument and includes taxes, both due at the time of recording. We advise customers to contact the local court in order to confirm the amount.
Certificate of Transfer
Use this form for protection of assignees or transferees of debts secured by real estate.
Notary Certificates
The supplemental forms in this section can be used as loose certificates by notaries in Virginia.
Including:
Signed by a currently acting trustee, a certification or certificate of trust under Va. Code Ann. 64.2-804 is a document summarizing a trust in lieu of the trust instrument, and contains certified statements affirmed by the trustee in the presence of a notary public. The document confirms the existence of the subject trust and the trustee's capacity and relevant powers, and is presented in support of a transaction involving trust property.
A certificate of trust is frequently recorded alongside a trustee's deed or acquisition of real property by the trust, though recording of the document is not required by Virginia Code. Instead of disclosing the settlor's estate plan by providing the entire trust instrument, the certificate allows a trustee to provide parties outside of the trust arrangement (anyone who is not a trust beneficiary) only the essential information necessary to conduct the business at hand. Recipients of a certificate "may assume without inquiry the existence of the facts contained" within it ( 64.2-804(F)).
Requirements of a certificate include statements that the trust exists and that it has not been revoked or modified in a way that would invalidate the contents of the certificate. The form presents basic information, such as the trust's name and date; the identities of the settlor and the current trustee; the trust's identification number; and the name by which property is titled to the trust. In addition, the document identifies anyone who can revoke the trust and, if there are co-trustees, the specifications for authenticating documents relating to the trust.
Further, the document enumerates the powers of the trustee pertaining to the transaction for which the certificate is presented. These may include powers under the Uniform Trust Code, codified at 64.2-7 of the Virginia Code. Recipients of a certificate can also request excerpts of the trust instrument and any amendments thereto that designate the trustee and establish these powers.
Consult a lawyer with questions about trusts and certifications of trust in Virginia.
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The documents you receive here will meet, or exceed, the Stafford County recording requirements for formatting. If there's an issue caused by our formatting, we'll make it right and refund your payment.
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Name: Liza B.
Review: Fantastic forms and service, could not be happier, wish you girls did more than deed forms.
Reply from Staff on June 22nd, 2021
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June 22nd, 2021
Name: Gretchen B.
Review: I wanna give more stars because the required information is there, but the character spacing is disjointed on the first page, rendering a gap-filled, awkward-looking document. Also, the opening parenthesis for the first field on the first page is on the wrong line and is backwards, which sets the wrong tone especially since it's the first thing you have to fill out.
Reply from Staff on June 22nd, 2021
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June 22nd, 2021
Name: Robert B.
Review: This suited my purposes just fine. Instructions were clear and easy to follow. But,I would like to have had the ability to delete the many extra spaces on the final document ... for readability purposes.
Reply from Staff on June 22nd, 2021
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June 22nd, 2021
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Review: Forms and instructions are very easy to access. Thank you!
Reply from Staff on June 22nd, 2021
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June 18th, 2021
Name: MIchelle S.
Review: You had the generic document that I was looking for Yay! The "example" page was helpful and reassuring. The auto input sections of my document looked ok until i printed it and then it appeared to be out of alignment which is why my rating is lowered to 4 stars it would be nice to have the ability to correct the title (created by me) when downloading PDFs for an e-filing
Reply from Staff on June 19th, 2021
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June 18th, 2021
Name: Sharon S.
Review: very satisfied...
Reply from Staff on June 18th, 2021
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June 18th, 2021
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June 18th, 2021
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Review: great site ,,cant figure out how to submit downloads
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June 18th, 2021
Name: Karen V.
Review: It was a easy process to get the forms I needed.
Reply from Staff on June 18th, 2021
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June 17th, 2021
Name: Byron M.
Review: Very easy to sign up. Very quick to respond for payment once uploaded. Great communication. More expensive than other recording services.
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