Franklin County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

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Franklin County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form

Franklin 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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Franklin County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Guide

Franklin County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) form.

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

Franklin 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 Franklin County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Town Clerk of Bakersfield

Address:
40 E Bakersfield Rd / PO Box 203
Bakersfield, Vermont 05441

Hours: M - F 9:00 to 12:00 & 7:00 to 8:00

Phone: (802) 827-4495

Town Clerk of Berkshire

Address:
4454 Watertower Rd
Enosburgh, Vermont 05450

Hours: M & Tu 8-12, 1-5; W & Th 9-12, 1-4

Phone: (802) 933-2335

Town Clerk of Enosburgh

Address:
239 Main St / PO Box 465
Enosburgh Falls, Vermont 05450

Hours: M - F 8:00 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 933-4421

Town Clerk of Fairfax

Address:
12 Buck Hollow Rd
Fairfax, Vermont 05454

Hours: M - F 9:00 to 4:00; 1st & 3rd Mon 6:00 to 8:00

Phone: (802) 849-6111

Town Clerk of Fairfield

Address:
25 North Rd / PO Box 5
Fairfield, Vermont 05455

Hours: M, Tu, Th, F 8:00 to 3:00; W 10:30 to 5:30

Phone: (802) 827-3261 x1

Town Clerk of Fletcher

Address:
215 Cambridge Rd
Cambridge, Vermont 05444

Hours: M 8 - 3:30 & 6:30 - 8:30; Tu - Th 8 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 849-6616

Town Clerk of Franklin

Address:
5167 Main St / PO Box 82
Franklin, Vermont 05457

Hours: M, Tu, F 8:30 to 3:30; W 8:30 to noon; Th 8:30 to 6:00

Phone: (802) 285-2101

Town Clerk of Georgia

Address:
47 Town Common Rd N
St. Albans, Vermont 05478

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

Phone: (802) 524-3524

Town Clerk of Highgate

Address:
2996 VT Route 78 / PO Box 189
Highgate Ctr, Vermont 05459

Hours: M-F 8:30 to 12 & 1:00 to 4:30

Phone: (802) 868-4697 X201

Town Clerk of Montgomery

Address:
98 Main St / PO Box 356
Montgomery, Vermont 05471

Hours: M 8-12 & 1-6; Tu, Th, F 8-12 & 1-4

Phone: (802) 326-4719

Town Clerk of Richford

Address:
94 Main St / PO Box 236
Richford, Vermont 05476

Hours: M - Th 8:00 - 5:00; F 8:00 - noon

Phone: (802) 848-7751 x3

City of St. Albans Clerk

Address:
100 N Main St / PO Box 867
St. Albans, Vermont 05478-0867

Hours: M-F 7:30 - 4:30; last Sat 9:00 - 12:00

Phone: (802) 524-1501 x264

Town of St. Albans Clerk

Address:
579 Lake Rd, St. Albans Town / PO Box 37
St. Albans Bay, Vermont 05481

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

Phone: (802) 524-2415

Town Clerk of Sheldon

Address:
1640 Main St / PO Box 66
Sheldon, Vermont 05483

Hours: M 8:00 to 6:00 & Tu-F 8:00 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 933-2524 x3

Town Clerk of Swanton

Address:
1 Academy St / PO Box 711
Swanton, Vermont 05488

Hours: M-F 7:00 to 5:00

Phone: (802) 868-4421

Recording Tips for Franklin County:
  • Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
  • Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
  • Check that your notary's commission hasn't expired
  • Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
  • Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs

Cities and Jurisdictions in Franklin County

Properties in any of these areas use Franklin County forms:

  • Bakersfield
  • East Berkshire
  • East Fairfield
  • Enosburg Falls
  • Fairfield
  • Franklin
  • Highgate Center
  • Highgate Springs
  • Montgomery
  • Montgomery Center
  • Richford
  • Saint Albans
  • Saint Albans Bay
  • Sheldon
  • Sheldon Springs
  • Swanton

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Franklin County

How do I get my forms?

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

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

Recording fees in Franklin County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 827-4495 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 Franklin County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

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

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