Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

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Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

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

Document Last Validated 7/28/2026
Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

Middlesex County Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

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

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Middlesex County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Middlesex County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

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

Document Last Validated 7/28/2026

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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:
  • Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
  • Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
  • Ask about their eRecording option for future transactions
  • Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
  • Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates

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. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). 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.

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Connecticut prints two covenant sets for a trustee conveying land out of a trust, and this deed carries the narrow one. It takes a single trustee as Grantor, signing in a fiduciary capacity and not individually, and the only promise traveling with the conveyance is the quitclaim covenant, which reaches the signer's own acts and stops there. Nothing in it states that the trustee is duly qualified or holds power to sell.

The covenant a trustee does not give here

Chapter 821a prints both instruments together. Section 47-36c sets out a form entitled Trustee's Deed, and Section 47-36s loads it with three covenants: that the trustee is duly qualified to act, that the trustee holds full power and authority to bargain and sell the described premises, and that the trustee and the trustee's successors will warrant and defend against claims of anyone claiming by, from or under the trustee. Public Act 03-75 added it. That instrument is prepared and recorded on its own and is not part of this package.

The quitclaim entry in the same section travels lighter. Section 47-36f gives a duly executed quitclaim the force of a deed releasing all the releasor's right, title and interest, except as the deed limits it, and without covenants of title. Section 47-36g fixes the single promise riding along: freedom from encumbrances the releasor made or suffered, plus a warranty against persons claiming by, from or under that releasor. A fiduciary releasing on those terms hands over what the trust holds and answers for nothing before it.

Capacity on the face, authority by volume and page

Section 10 puts the fiduciary posture on the record. Its printed sentences state that the Grantor signs solely as trustee of the trust named in Section 2 and not individually, and that the conveyance sits within the authority the trust instrument and the law supply. A blank beneath takes the volume and page of any separate recorded document carrying that authority, which answers a peculiarity: under Section 47-20 the word trustee following a grantee's name, absent other limiting language, leaves that grantee free to sell or mortgage as though the word were not there, unless a separate recorded instrument defines the powers. Section 45a-499zzz of the Connecticut Uniform Trust Code supplies what usually fills that blank, a certification of trust giving the trust's date, the settlor, the acting trustee, the powers, and the manner of taking title, without the dispositive terms.

How this form is configured

Eleven numbered sections take the trustee, the trust name and date, the grantee with the current mailing address Section 47-5(b) asks for, the consideration, the town and legal description, the source of title by volume and page, the encumbrances, additional provisions, the capacity statement, and the conveyance in the statutory operative words. The execution block holds one signature line for the trustee, two subscribing witness lines, and one certificate tracking the Section 1-34 form for an acknowledgment taken in a representative capacity, closing on the phrase in the capacity therein stated and for the purposes therein contained. A shore parcel distributed to two adult children, and a family trust releasing a rental it no longer manages, present the single-trustee pattern this deed recites. Cotrustees, a corporate trustee acting through an officer, and a testamentary trustee under a will each present a different execution.

Filing it in the town

Land instruments record town by town here, not by county, so the deed reaches the clerk of the town where the parcel sits. Section 47-10 leaves an unrecorded conveyance good against nobody but the grantor and the grantor's heirs. Section 47-36bb has that clerk index an instrument naming a trust under the trust name and under every trustee identified in it. On tax, no subdivision of Section 12-498(a) exempts a conveyance because a trustee signed it; subdivision (10) reaches a deed whose consideration is under two thousand dollars, where a nominal distribution ordinarily lands, and Section 12-497 holds a taxable quit claim deed off the record until Form OP-236 reaches the clerk and the tax is paid.

Three items arrive in the download. The blank deed comes as a fillable PDF. The completed example works an Old Lyme distribution through every numbered section. The guide walks the statutes behind the form, the trustee-authority provisions of the Connecticut Uniform Trust Code, the witness and notarial requirements, the ways grantees may take title together, and what the town clerk collects. 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 office below.

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

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