Warranty Deed in Vermont

A warranty deed transfers real estate with the seller's promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing and recording rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, 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, acknowledged by the grantor before a notary public, and recorded in the town clerk's office where the land is. If the deed refers to a survey prepared after July 1, 1988, the survey must be attached or its recording location cited. A property transfer return must be delivered to the town clerk with the deed. The property transfer tax is generally 1.25% of the value (with a lower rate on part of the value of a buyer's principal residence). The acknowledgment is valid without a notary stamp. Exemptions and other rates are set out in 32 V.S.A. chapter 231. Source: 27 V.S.A. § 341; 32 V.S.A. §§ 9602, 9606
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

Signing and recording a deed

A deed must be signed by the grantor, acknowledged by the grantor before a notary public, and recorded in the town clerk's office where the land is. If the deed refers to a survey prepared after July 1, 1988, the survey must be attached or its recording location cited. A property transfer return must be delivered to the town clerk with the deed. The property transfer tax is generally 1.25% of the value (with a lower rate on part of the value of a buyer's principal residence).

The acknowledgment is valid without a notary stamp. Exemptions and other rates are set out in 32 V.S.A. chapter 231.

Source: 27 V.S.A. § 341; 32 V.S.A. §§ 9602, 9606

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

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

WARRANTY DEED

For [consideration], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), grants and conveys to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title], 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]

Grantor warrants the title to the property, as provided by [state] law, subject only to: [exceptions, e.g. easements and restrictions of record, current taxes].

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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