Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Form

Last validated July 31, 2026 by our Forms Development Team

Formatted for recording in Middlesex County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Centerbrook, Chester, Clinton, Cobalt, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam and 14 more.

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Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Form

Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Form

Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) form formatted to comply with all Connecticut recording and content requirements.

Document last validated 7/31/2026
Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Guide

Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) form.

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Middlesex County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Document

Middlesex County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Document

Example of a properly completed Connecticut Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) document for reference.

Document last validated 7/31/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Middlesex County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Chester Town Clerk

Address:
203 Middlesex Ave
Chester, Connecticut 06412

Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu 9:00 to 12:00, 1:00 to 4:00; Tue until 7:00; Fri 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 526-0013 Ext 511

Clinton Town Clerk

Address:
54 E Main St
Clinton, Connecticut 06413

Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00 to 4:00; Thu 9:00 to 7:00; Fri 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 669-9101

Cromwell Town Clerk

Address:
41 West St
Cromwell, Connecticut 06416

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:00

Phone: (860) 632-3400

Deep River Town Clerk

Address:
174 Main St
Deep River, Connecticut 06417

Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00 to 4:00; Thu 9:00 to 6:30; Fri 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 526-6024

Durham Town Clerk

Address:
30 Town House Rd
Durham, Connecticut 06422

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30;Tue until 7:00 (exc July & Aug)

Phone: (860) 349-3453

East Haddam Town Clerk

Address:
7 Main St / PO Box K
East Haddam, Connecticut 06423

Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu 9:00 to 4:00; Tue 9:00 to 7:00; Fri 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 873-5027

East Hampton Town Clerk

Address:
Town Hall - 20 East High St
East Hampton, Connecticut 06424

Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu 8:00 to 4:00; Tue 8:00 to 6:30; Friday 8:00 to 12:30

Phone: (860) 267-2519 Ext 310, 311

Essex Town Clerk

Address:
Town Hall - 29 West Ave
Essex, Connecticut 06426

Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 to 4:00 / Recording until 3:30

Phone: (860) 767-4340 Ext 128, 129

Haddam Town Clerk

Address:
30 Field Park Dr
Haddam, Connecticut 06438

Hours: Mon-Wed 8:00 to 4:00; Thu 8:30 to 6:30; Fri 8:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 345-8531 Ext 211, 212

Killingworth Town Clerk

Address:
323 Route 81
Killingworth, Connecticut 06419

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00 and by appt

Phone: (860) 663-1765 Ext 502

Middlefield Town Clerk

Address:
393 Jackson Hill Rd / PO Box 179
Middlefield, Connecticut 06455

Hours: Mon 9:00 to 5:00; Tue-Thu 9:00 to 4:00; Fri 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 349-7116

Middletown Town Clerk

Address:
245 deKoven Dr
Middletown, Connecticut 06457

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30

Phone: (860) 638-4910

Old Saybrook Town Clerk

Address:
302 Main St
Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30

Phone: (860) 395-3135

Portland Town Clerk

Address:
33 E Main St
Portland, Connecticut 06480

Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu 8:30 to 4:30; Tue 8:30 to 7:00; Fri 8:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 342-6742 & 6743

Westbrook Town Clerk

Address:
866 Boston Post Rd
Westbrook, Connecticut 06498

Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00 to 4:00; Thu 9:00 to 7:00; Fri 9:00 to 12:00

Phone: (860) 399-3044

Recording Tips for Middlesex County:
  • Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
  • Ensure all signatures are in blue or black ink
  • Ask for certified copies if you need them for other transactions
  • Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
  • Check that your notary's commission hasn't expired

Cities and Jurisdictions in Middlesex County

Properties in any of these areas use Middlesex County forms:

  • Centerbrook
  • Chester
  • Clinton
  • Cobalt
  • Cromwell
  • Deep River
  • Durham
  • East Haddam
  • East Hampton
  • Essex
  • Haddam
  • Higganum
  • Ivoryton
  • Killingworth
  • Middle Haddam
  • Middlefield
  • Middletown
  • Moodus
  • Old Saybrook
  • Portland
  • Rockfall
  • Westbrook
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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Middlesex County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Middlesex County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Middlesex County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Middlesex County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Middlesex County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended, and most PDF apps also work. You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Middlesex County?

Recording fees in Middlesex County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (860) 526-0013 Ext 511 for current fees.

Questions answered? Let's get started!

A deed already sitting in a Connecticut town's land records cannot be pulled back and retyped. This corrective quitclaim deed is what goes on the record behind it: one individual Grantor, the same person who conveyed under the earlier deed, signs a second deed that identifies the first by volume and page and states the correction. Buyers search it as a Connecticut correction deed, a corrective deed, or a scrivener's error fix.

What Connecticut repairs without a second deed

Much recorded deed trouble in Connecticut is answered by statute, and that is where a correction question starts. Section 47-36aa of the General Statutes, revised by Public Act 25-136 effective July 1, 2025, runs in two registers. Subsection (a) takes conveyancing defects, a defective acknowledgment or none at all, attestation by one witness or by no witnesses, and makes the instrument as valid as if it had been executed without the defect, unless an action challenging its validity is commenced and a lis pendens recorded within two years of recording. Subsection (b) treats a second list as insubstantial, among them an omitted execution date, a flawed map reference, and a missing grantee mailing address. What sits outside those lists, and what a party wants legible on the record now rather than after a two year wait, is this deed's ground.

One Grantor, two boxes, and a stated limit

Section 8 is the working center of the form. It holds two boxes, one for the text as the Prior Deed reads and one for the corrected text, set side by side so a later title examiner sees the change without collating two instruments. Section 7 identifies that earlier instrument by title, parties, date, town, volume, page, and recording date. Section 11 puts the limit into the operative text: the deed conveys no interest beyond the interest the Prior Deed conveyed, it neither enlarges nor limits the estate except as the correction provides, and the Prior Deed stays of record. The conveyance runs on the short quitclaim form of Section 47-36c, carrying the Section 47-36f release and the narrow Section 47-36g covenant that reaches encumbrances the Grantor made or suffered.

Execution is a single sitting: one Grantor signature line, the two subscribing witness lines Section 47-5(a)(4) calls for, and one certificate tracking the Section 1-62 short form for an individual. A misspelled grantee name, and a subdivision map reference with transposed digits, present the pattern this deed recites. Two people who both conveyed under the earlier deed produce two executions, an entity or fiduciary grantor states an authority this form does not carry, and a change that moves land, adds a party, or alters the estate is a fresh conveyance. A Section 47-12a affidavit of facts affecting title states facts rather than rewriting a deed; it is recorded on its own and is not part of this package.

An exemption Connecticut deleted in 1971

Anyone arriving from another state expects a correction deed to be exempt from transfer tax by name. Connecticut is not that state. Former subdivisions (4) and (5) of Section 12-498(a), which had exempted deeds that confirm, correct, modify or supplement a previously recorded deed, were deleted by the 1971 act, and the section's history note records that deletion. Nothing in the current list restores the category, so this instrument reaches an exemption through a subdivision the list does contain, ordinarily subdivision (10), which reaches a deed whose consideration is under two thousand dollars. Classified farm, forest, open space, and maritime heritage land runs the opposite way: Section 12-504c(a)(4) still excepts by name a deed that corrects, modifies, supplements or confirms a deed previously recorded.

Recorded in the town, behind the deed it corrects

Land records here belong to the towns, so this deed reaches the clerk who holds the Prior Deed. Section 47-10 conditions a conveyance's force beyond the grantor and the grantor's heirs on recording it there. Form OP-236 travels with it, and Section 12-497 makes the filed return and any tax due a condition of recording a taxable deed. The clerk's charge is seventy dollars for the first page under the schedule effective July 1, 2025, five dollars for each page after it.

The package includes this corrective deed as a blank fillable PDF, a filled-in Farmington example carried through all thirteen sections, and a plain language guide working through the validating act, the correction and limitation provisions, the notarial steps, and the tax and recording mechanics. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.

Important: Your property must be located in Middlesex County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the county recording office listed above.

This Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) meets all recording requirements specific to Middlesex County.

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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Middlesex County recording format requirements. If there is a rejection caused by our formatting, we will correct the issue or refund your payment. This guarantee applies to document formatting only and does not extend to information entered by the user, the selection of the form, or the legal effect of the completed document.

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