Title Insurance If you do not already have an Owners Policy of Title Insurance in effect, we offer you the opportunity to obtain one before you close the sale of your property. It may seem strange to you that we would recommend that you insure your property when you are about to sell it, but it is n...

Attorney Profiles Fred V. Peet Richard C. Maxson Christopher M. Perra Kevin J. Shortell Fred V. Peet Fred V. Peet was born the oldest of four children and raised on the Peet family dairy farm in Cornwall, Vermont. He graduated from the University of Vermont, Cum Laude, in 1990 and received his Juris...

Purchase and Sale Contract In order to be a valid and enforceable contract, an agreement to purchase real property must be in writing and need only describe the property generally, contain the terms of sale, provide for a specific closing date and be singed by both buyer and seller. This agreement i...

Warranty Deed You are required to provide a warranty deed to the person who is buying your property. That warranty deed is a legal contract and it contains a number of promises that you are making to the buyer. One of those promises is that your property is free from all claims and encumbrances. For...

Permits Recently the Vermont Supreme Court has created a new class of potential encumbrances that may affect property and transfers. The Court has held that if the zoning Ordinance in effect in your Town/City requires that your property have a certificate of occupancy, and if you do not, there is an...