Orange County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Form
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Orange 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.
Orange County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Guide
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Orange County Completed Example of the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) Document
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Where to Record Your Documents
Bradford Town Clerk
Bradford, Vermont 05033
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30 to 4:30; Fri 9:00 to 12:00
Phone: (802) 222-4727 x 300
Braintree Town Clerk
Braintree, Vermont 05060
Hours: Mon-Wed 9:00 to 4:00 and by appt
Phone: (802) 728-9787
Brookfield Town Clerk
Brookfield, Vermont 05036
Hours: Tue-Thu 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 276-3352 x10
Chelsea Town Clerk
Chelsea, Vermont 5038
Hours: Mon, Tue-Fri 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 685-4460
Corinth Town Clerk
Corinth, Vermont 05039
Hours: Mon 8:00 to 4:00, Tue 8:00 to 6:00, Fri 9:00 to 3:00
Phone: (802) 439-5850
Fairlee Town Clerk
Fairlee, Vermont 05045
Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30 to 3:30; Fri 9:00 to 12:00 or by appt
Phone: (802) 333-4363
Newbury Town Clerk
Newbury, Vermont 05051
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 2:30; Tue until 6:00
Phone: (802) 866-5521
Orange Town Clerk
East Barre, Vermont 05641 / 05649
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 479-2673
Randolph Town Clerk
Randolph, Vermont 05060
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 728-5433 x 11
Strafford Town Clerk
Strafford, Vermont 05072
Hours: Mon-Thu 7:30 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 765-4411
Thetford Town Clerk
Thetford, Vermont 05075
Hours: Mon 6:00 to 8:00; Tue-Thu 8:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 785-2922 x 10
Topsham Town Clerk
Topsham, Vermont 05076
Hours: Mon 1:00 to 6:00; Tue, Thu, Fri 9:00 to 4:00
Phone: (802) 439-5505
Tunbridge Town Clerk
Tunbridge, Vermont 05077
Hours: Mon-Thu 7:30 to 3:00; Thu closed 11:00 to 12:30
Phone: (802) 889-5521
Vershire Town Clerk
Vershire, Vermont 05079
Hours: Tue-Thu 8:30 to 12:00 & 1:00 to 4:30
Phone: (802) 685-2227
Washington Town Clerk
Washington, Vermont 05675
Hours: Mon, Tue 8:30 to 2:30 and by appt
Phone: (802) 883-2218
West Fairlee Town Clerk
West Fairlee, Vermont 05083
Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed 9:30-12 &1-3:30
Phone: (802) 333-9696
Williamstown Clerk
Williamstown, Vermont 05679
Hours: M-F 10am-3pm
Phone: (802) 433-5455 x203
Orange County Clerk
Chelsea, Vermont 05038
Hours: 8:30 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: (802) 685-4610
Recording Tips for Orange County:
- Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
- Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
- Ask if they accept credit cards - many offices are cash/check only
- Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
- Ask for certified copies if you need them for other transactions
Cities and Jurisdictions in Orange County
Properties in any of these areas use Orange County forms:
- Bradford
- Brookfield
- Chelsea
- Corinth
- East Corinth
- East Randolph
- East Thetford
- Fairlee
- Newbury
- North Thetford
- Post Mills
- Randolph
- Randolph Center
- South Strafford
- Strafford
- Thetford
- Thetford Center
- Topsham
- Tunbridge
- Vershire
- Washington
- Wells River
- West Fairlee
- West Newbury
- West Topsham
- Williamstown
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Orange County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Orange 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 Orange County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Orange 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 Orange 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 Orange County?
Recording fees in Orange County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 222-4727 x 300 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 Orange County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Correction Deed (Trustee Grantee) meets all recording requirements specific to Orange County.
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