Quitclaim Deed in Vermont

A quitclaim deed transfers whatever interest you have in real estate, with no promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, paper size, preparer and return-address blocks, transfer-tax forms) — recorders reject deeds that miss them.

What Vermont law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed must be signed by the grantor and acknowledged before a notary public, and recorded in full in the town clerk's office of the town where the land is located. An unrecorded or unacknowledged deed is not effective against anyone other than the grantor and the grantor's heirs. No witnesses are required. A completed property transfer tax return must accompany the deed for recording (the clerk cannot record without it); the general rate is 1.25% plus a 0.22% clean water surcharge, with a lower rate on the first $200,000 of a principal residence. Exemptions from the property transfer tax are listed in 32 V.S.A. § 9603. Rate details: https://tax.vermont.gov/property/property-transfer-tax. Source: 27 V.S.A. § 341; 27 V.S.A. § 342; 32 V.S.A. chapter 231
Transfer-on-death deed	Vermont does not have a transfer on death deed statute. Instead, it recognizes the enhanced life estate deed: the owner keeps a life estate and the right to sell or mortgage the property during life without the grantee's consent, and the property vests in the surviving grantee at death, subject to recorded encumbrances. The deed must be validly executed and recorded to take effect; no acceptance or consideration is needed. It can be revoked by recording a deed from the owner to themself, or revised by recording a new enhanced life estate deed. The statute includes an optional form, and the recorded deed is subject to the property transfer tax. The Enhanced Life Estate Deed Act took effect July 13, 2020. Source: 27 V.S.A. §§ 651-660

Signing and recording a deed

A deed must be signed by the grantor and acknowledged before a notary public, and recorded in full in the town clerk's office of the town where the land is located. An unrecorded or unacknowledged deed is not effective against anyone other than the grantor and the grantor's heirs. No witnesses are required. A completed property transfer tax return must accompany the deed for recording (the clerk cannot record without it); the general rate is 1.25% plus a 0.22% clean water surcharge, with a lower rate on the first $200,000 of a principal residence.

Exemptions from the property transfer tax are listed in 32 V.S.A. § 9603. Rate details: https://tax.vermont.gov/property/property-transfer-tax.

Source: 27 V.S.A. § 341; 27 V.S.A. § 342; 32 V.S.A. chapter 231

Transfer-on-death deed

Vermont does not have a transfer on death deed statute. Instead, it recognizes the enhanced life estate deed: the owner keeps a life estate and the right to sell or mortgage the property during life without the grantee's consent, and the property vests in the surviving grantee at death, subject to recorded encumbrances. The deed must be validly executed and recorded to take effect; no acceptance or consideration is needed. It can be revoked by recording a deed from the owner to themself, or revised by recording a new enhanced life estate deed. The statute includes an optional form, and the recorded deed is subject to the property transfer tax.

The Enhanced Life Estate Deed Act took effect July 13, 2020.

Source: 27 V.S.A. §§ 651-660

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Recording requested by and return to: [name and mailing address]

QUITCLAIM DEED

For [consideration, e.g. $10 or 'no consideration — gift'], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), quitclaims to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title, e.g. as joint tenants with right of survivorship], all of Grantor's interest in the following real property in [county] County, [state]:

Legal description: [full legal description copied from the current deed]

Commonly known as: [street address] Parcel / tax ID: [parcel number]

Signed on [date signed]. Grantor signature(s): ____________________

[Acknowledgment before a notary public, in the form your state requires, and any witness signatures your state requires]

Send tax statements to: [name and address for tax bills]

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