Chittenden County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

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Chittenden County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

Chittenden County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

Fill in the blank Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.

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Chittenden County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Guide

Chittenden County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Guide

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Chittenden County Completed Example of the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Document

Chittenden County Completed Example of the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Document

Example of a properly completed Vermont Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/15/2026

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

Where to Record Your Documents

Town Clerk of Bolton

Address:
3045 Roosevelt Hwy.
Waterbury, Vermont 05676

Hours: M-Th 8:00 - 4:00

Phone: (802) 434-5075

Chittenden County Clerk (for Buel's Gore)

Address:
175 Main St / PO Box 187
Burlington, Vermont 05402

Hours: 7:30 to 4:00 M-F

Phone: (802) 951-5106

City Clerk of Burlington

Address:
City Hall - 149 Church St
Burlington, Vermont 05401

Hours: M-F 8:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 865-7000

Town Clerk of Charlotte

Address:
159 Ferry Rd / PO Box 119
Charlotte, Vermont 05445

Hours: M-F 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 425-3071

Town Clerk of Colchester

Address:
781 Blakely Rd / PO Box 55
Colchester, Vermont 05446

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 254-5520

Town Clerk of Essex

Address:
81 Main St
Essex Jct, Vermont 05452

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 879-0413

Town Clerk of Grand Isle

Address:
9 Hyde Rd / PO Box 49
Grand Isle, Vermont 05458-0049

Hours: M-F 8:30 - 3:30; Tu 5:00 - 7:00; Sa 10:00 -12:00

Phone: (802) 372-8830

Town Clerk of Hinesburg

Address:
10632 Route 116
Hinesburg, Vermont 05461

Hours: M - F 8:00 to 4:00

Phone: (802) 482-2281

Town Clerk of Huntington

Address:
4930 Main Rd
Huntington, Vermont 05462

Hours: M 8:00 - 7:00; Tu, W, Th 8:00 - 3:00

Phone: (802) 434-2023

Town Clerk of Jericho

Address:
67 VT Route 15 / PO Box 67
Jericho, Vermont 05465

Hours: M-Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 1:30 (or by appointment)

Phone: (802) 899-4936 x1

Town Clerk of Milton

Address:
43 Bombardier Rd / PO Box 18
Milton, Vermont 05468

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 5:00

Phone: (802) 893-4111

Town Clerk of Richmond

Address:
203 Bridge St. / PO Box 285
Richmond, Vermont 05477

Hours: M 8:00 - 5:00; Tu - Th 8:00 - 4:00; F 8:00 - 12:00

Phone: (802) 434-2221/3139

Town Clerk of Shelburne

Address:
5420 Shelburne Rd / PO Box 88
Shelburne, Vermont 05482

Hours: M - F 8:30 - 5:00

Phone: (802) 985-5116 x0

City Clerk of South Burlington

Address:
575 Dorset St
South Burlington, Vermont 05403

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 846-4105

Town Clerk of St. George

Address:
21 Barber Rd / PO Box 874
St. George, Vermont 05495

Hours: Mon - Wed 8:00 - 2:00; Th 4:30 - 6:30

Phone: (802) 482-5272

Town Clerk of Westford

Address:
1713 VT Rte 128
Westford, Vermont 05494

Hours: M-F 8:30 - 4:30; Summer F 8:30 - 1:00

Phone: (802) 878-4587

Town Clerk of Williston

Address:
7900 Williston Rd
Williston, Vermont 05495

Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 878-5121

City Clerk of Winooski

Address:
27 West Allen St
Winooski, Vermont 05404

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30

Phone: (802) 655-6419

Recording Tips for Chittenden County:
  • Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
  • Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
  • Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
  • Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates
  • Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top

Cities and Jurisdictions in Chittenden County

Properties in any of these areas use Chittenden County forms:

  • Burlington
  • Cambridge
  • Charlotte
  • Colchester
  • Essex
  • Essex Junction
  • Fairfax
  • Hinesburg
  • Huntington
  • Jericho
  • Jonesville
  • Milton
  • Richmond
  • Shelburne
  • South Burlington
  • Underhill
  • Underhill Center
  • Westford
  • Williston
  • Winooski

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Chittenden County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Chittenden 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 Chittenden County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Chittenden 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 Chittenden 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 Chittenden County?

Recording fees in Chittenden County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 434-5075 for current fees.

Questions answered? Let's get started!

A mistake in a recorded Vermont deed that conveyed property to a trustee does not fix itself, and the town clerk cannot amend a document already in the land records. This Vermont correction deed, also searched as a corrective deed or deed of correction, is built for exactly that configuration: the original grantor re-executes the conveyance to a grantee who holds title as trustee of a trust, identifies the recorded deed being corrected, states the error and the correction, and confirms the transfer as it was meant to read.

A recorded correction for a recorded error

Vermont records deeds town by town, in the clerk's office of the town or city where the land lies, and under 27 V.S.A. 342 an acknowledged, recorded deed is what holds the estate against anyone beyond the grantor and the grantor's heirs. The correction deed works inside that system: it identifies the earlier deed by its date and its volume and page in the town land records, describes the error exactly, states the correction, restates the legal description, and confirms the conveyance except as corrected. The earlier deed stays of record, and the correction deed follows it in the chain of title, so a later examiner reads the two together and the error stops propagating into future abstracts.

The trustee in the grantee clause

The grantee section of this form names the trustee, the trust, and the trust's date, in the style Margaret H. Ellison, Trustee of the Ellison Family Revocable Trust, dated April 12, 2019. Trust details are a common home for small drafting errors: a trust date carried over wrong from an earlier draft, a misspelled trustee name, a trust name that differs between the deed and the trust instrument. Vermont places express trusts of land in a signed writing under 27 V.S.A. 303, so the deed identifies the trust while the trust instrument supplies its terms, and a grantee clause that misidentifies either detail leaves a title examiner matching documents that do not agree. The form is set up as a correction instrument with a trustee grantee, not as a first-time transfer into a trust: its sections assume a deed already of record, and its operative language re-conveys to the same trustee the prior deed named, as corrected.

No new transfer tax on a true correction

A Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, accompanies every deed delivered to a town clerk for recording; under 32 V.S.A. 9608 the clerk cannot record without it. The correction deed has its own place in that system. 32 V.S.A. 9603(4) exempts transfers that, without additional consideration, confirm or correct a transfer previously recorded, and the Department of Taxes' instructions call for the return to be filed even for an exempt transfer, with the exemption number entered on the return itself. The distinction matters: a document that adds land, changes parties, or reflects new consideration is a new transfer rather than a correction, and the exemption does not describe it. The consideration section of this form states the without-additional-consideration character of the transaction in words that track the statute.

Signing and recording in the town, not the county

The grantor of the prior deed signs the correction deed and acknowledges it before a notary public, the execution formality 27 V.S.A. 341 sets for Vermont deeds; no subscribing witnesses appear in the statute, and the acknowledgment is valid without an official stamp affixed to the notary's signature. The form carries two grantor signature blocks, each with its own acknowledgment certificate, so a deed originally given by two grantors, a married couple among the common patterns, re-executes on one instrument, and a single-grantor correction leaves the second block blank. Recording happens where the original recording happened, with the clerk of the town or city where the land lies, at the statewide fee of $15.00 per page plus $15.00 for the transfer tax return.

The download contains the correction deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example showing a realistic Addison County correction from start to finish, and a plain-language guide that walks through every numbered section, the signing formalities, and the recording steps. The materials describe Vermont law in general terms and are not legal advice.

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

This Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) meets all recording requirements specific to Chittenden County.

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