Why do the dates of the real estate transactions lag behind the Last Update date of the Web site?
The Vermont Transfer Tax Return data is processed by the state days or weeks after the tax return is recorded at the Town Clerk’s office. So the date of the real estate sales in the Web site are usually a little behind the ‘Update Date’ of the site, which is the date that the returns were processed by the state. The amount of lag time depends on your particular town. If your Town Clerk submits the Transfer Tax Returns to the state in a timely matter, then the returns will get processed quickly by the state and appear on this Web site. However, if your Town Clerk does not send in the Tax Returns right away, then the state cannot process them and they will not appear on this site. So, if you find that the real estate data from your town is consistently outdated, then contact your local Town Clerk’s office and ask them to send in their Transfer Tax Returns to the state quicker!
