Bennington County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

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Bennington County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

Bennington County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form

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

Document Last Validated 7/15/2026
Bennington County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

Bennington County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide

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

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Bennington County Completed Example of the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

Bennington County Completed Example of the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document

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

Document Last Validated 8/19/2026

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

Where to Record Your Documents

Town of Arlington Town Clerk

Address:
3828 VT Route 7A / PO Box 304
Arlington, Vermont 05250

Hours: Monday – Friday 9 AM to 2 PM and by appt

Phone: (802) 375-2332

Town of Bennington Town Clerk

Address:
205 South St
Bennington, Vermont 05201

Hours: Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM

Phone: (802) 442-1043

Town of Dorset Town Clerk

Address:
112 Mad Tom Rd / PO Box 24
East Dorset, Vermont 05253

Hours: 8:00 to 4:00 M-F or by appt

Phone: (802) 362-1178 Ext 2

Bennington County Clerk (for Glastenbury)

Address:
207 South St
Bennington, Vermont 05262

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

Phone: (802) 447-2700

Town of Landgrove Town Clerk

Address:
88 Landgrove Rd
Londonderry, Vermont 05148

Hours: Thurs 9am to 1pm or by appt

Phone: (802) 824-3716

Town of Manchester Town Clerk

Address:
6039 Main St / PO Box 830
Manchester Center, Vermont 05255

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

Phone: (802) 362-1313 x1

Town of Peru Town Clerk

Address:
402 Main St / PO Box 127
Peru, Vermont 05152

Hours: Tues, Thurs 8:30am - 4:00pm

Phone: (802) 824-3065

Town of Pownal Town Clerk

Address:
467 Center St / PO Box 411
Pownal, Vermont 05261

Hours: M, T, Th, F 9:30 to 4:00; Wed 9:30 to 2:00

Phone: (802) 823-7757

Town of Readsboro Town Clerk

Address:
301 Phelps Lane / PO Box 187
Readsboro, Vermont 05350

Hours: M,T,Th,F 8:00 to 3:30; Wed 4:30 to 8:30

Phone: (802) 423-5405

Town of Rupert Town Clerk

Address:
187 East St / PO Box 140
West Rupert, Vermont 05776

Hours: Mon 11:00 to 7:00; Tue, Wed 12:00 to 5:00; Thu 8:30 to 3:30

Phone: (802) 394-7728

Town of Sandgate Town Clerk

Address:
3266 Sandgate Road
Sandgate, Vermont 05250

Hours: Mon, Wed 9:30 to 12:30; Tue 9:30 to 11:30; Thu, Fri 9:30 to 12:30

Phone: (802) 375-9075

Town of Searsburg Town Clerk

Address:
18 Town Garage Rd / PO Box 157
Wilmington, Vermont 05363

Hours: Mon 8:00 to 4:00; Tue, Fri 8:00 to noon

Phone: (802) 464-8081

Town of Shaftsbury Town Clerk

Address:
61 Buck Hill Rd / PO Box 409
Shaftsbury, Vermont 05262

Hours: Mon 9:00 to 4:30; Tue - Fri 9:00 to 3:00

Phone: (802) 442-4038

Town of Stamford Town Clerk

Address:
986 Main Road
Stamford, Vermont 05352

Hours: Tue, Wed 11:00 to 3:00; Thu 11:00 to 3:00 & 7:00 to 9:00; Fri 9:00 to 1:00

Phone: (802) 694-1361

Town of Sunderland Town Clerk

Address:
181 South Rd / Mail: 104 Mountain View Rd
Sunderland, Vermont 05252 / 05250

Hours: Mon - Thu 8:00 to 2:00

Phone: (802) 375-6106

Town of Whitingham Town Clerk

Address:
2948 VT Route 100
Jacksonville, Vermont 05342

Hours: M-F 9 to 2; W 5 to 7; Sat 9 to 12

Phone: (802) 368-7887

Town of Winhall Town Clerk

Address:
115 VT Route 30
Bondville, Vermont 05340

Hours: Mon - Thu 7:00 to 1:00 or by appt

Phone: (802) 297-2122

Town of Woodford Town Clerk

Address:
1391 VT Route 9
Woodford, Vermont 05201

Hours: Call for hours or appt

Phone: (802) 442-4895

Recording Tips for Bennington County:
  • Check that your notary's commission hasn't expired
  • Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
  • Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
  • Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
  • Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned

Cities and Jurisdictions in Bennington County

Properties in any of these areas use Bennington County forms:

  • Arlington
  • Bennington
  • Bondville
  • Dorset
  • East Arlington
  • East Dorset
  • Manchester
  • Manchester Center
  • North Bennington
  • North Pownal
  • Peru
  • Pownal
  • Readsboro
  • Rupert
  • Shaftsbury
  • Stamford
  • West Rupert

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Bennington County

How do I get my forms?

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

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

Recording fees in Bennington County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (802) 375-2332 for current fees.

Questions answered? Let's get started!

This Vermont correction deed carries a trustee-grantor configuration: a trustee who has already conveyed Vermont real property by a recorded deed, and who now places a correction of that deed on record in the same representative capacity. The form is a Vermont instrument through and through, built around one trustee signature line, one representative-capacity acknowledgment certificate, and the recital pattern a corrective instrument carries in Vermont title practice.

A second deed that fixes the first

A correction deed, also searched as a corrective deed or deed of correction, is a re-execution rather than a fresh bargain. The form identifies the prior recorded deed by its instrument title, its date, and its volume and page in the town land records; states the error the record shows; states the correction; and then confirms, corrects, and conveys the property to the same grantee, as corrected, without additional consideration. Vermont prescribes no statutory correction deed form, so the instrument runs on the general conveyance chapter: signed by the grantor, acknowledged before a notary public, and recorded at length with the clerk of the town where the land lies under 27 V.S.A. 341, with 27 V.S.A. 342 giving the recorded deed its effect against third parties.

The trustee signs again, in the same capacity

The configuration is the variant. The grantor section identifies the trustee and the trust exactly as the prior deed stated them, the operative section recites that the signer acts solely as trustee and not individually, and the single acknowledgment certificate matches the representative-capacity short form in 26 V.S.A. 5368. An optional blank takes the recording reference of a certification of trust already on record, the sworn instrument 14A V.S.A. 1013 makes usable as evidence of a trustee's authority to convey. The fact patterns that present this deed are familiar ones in trust conveyancing: a trustee's deed out of a family revocable trust that recites the wrong lot number, a grantee surname misspelled at the closing table, a trust date carried incorrectly from an older draft. The form recites one trustee grantor acting for one identified trust; a correction of a deed that individual owners signed in their own right follows a different signer pattern and is not what this form recites.

No new transfer tax on a true correction

Vermont taxes transfers by deed under 32 V.S.A. 9602, and the statute answers the correction pattern directly: 32 V.S.A. 9603(4) exempts transfers that, without additional consideration, confirm or correct a transfer previously recorded. The paperwork still travels with the deed. A Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, accompanies every deed delivered for recording, with the corrective exemption entered as number 04 on Line E1, and under 32 V.S.A. 9608 the town clerk cannot record a deed without a return that is complete and regular on its face together with the required Act 250 certificate. The guide included with this form walks through that filing alongside the deed itself.

Recorded with the town clerk, not a county recorder

Vermont land records live at the municipal level, so the corrected deed returns to the same town or city land records that hold the deed it corrects. The statewide recording fee under 32 V.S.A. 1671 is fifteen dollars per page, plus fifteen dollars for filing the transfer tax return. The acknowledgment is valid without an official stamp affixed to the notary's signature, and where the legal description cites a plat or survey recorded after mid-1988, the deed cites the volume and page where that survey is recorded, in the manner the completed example demonstrates.

The download delivers exactly three things: this correction deed as a blank fillable PDF, a completed example showing a corrected lot-number transfer recorded in a Vermont town's land records, and a plain-language guide that walks every section, the trustee's signing formality, and the recording steps. The materials describe Vermont law and the form itself; they are informational and are not legal advice.

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

This Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) meets all recording requirements specific to Bennington County.

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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Bennington 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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