Franklin County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Form
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Franklin 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.
Franklin County Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Guide
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) form.
Franklin County Completed Example of the Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Town Clerk of Bakersfield
Bakersfield, Vermont 05441
Hours: M - F 9:00 to 12:00 & 7:00 to 8:00
Phone: (802) 827-4495
Town Clerk of Berkshire
Enosburgh, Vermont 05450
Hours: M & Tu 8-12, 1-5; W & Th 9-12, 1-4
Phone: (802) 933-2335
Town Clerk of Enosburgh
Enosburgh Falls, Vermont 05450
Hours: M - F 8:00 to 3:30
Phone: (802) 933-4421
Town Clerk of Fairfax
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
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
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
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
St. Albans, Vermont 05478
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:00
Phone: (802) 524-3524
Town Clerk of Highgate
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
Montgomery, Vermont 05471
Hours: M 8-12 & 1-6; Tu, Th, F 8-12 & 1-4
Phone: (802) 326-4719
Town Clerk of Richford
Richford, Vermont 05476
Hours: M - Th 8:00 - 5:00; F 8:00 - noon
Phone: (802) 848-7751 x3
City of St. Albans Clerk
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
St. Albans Bay, Vermont 05481
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:00
Phone: (802) 524-2415
Town Clerk of Sheldon
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
Swanton, Vermont 05488
Hours: M-F 7:00 to 5:00
Phone: (802) 868-4421
Recording Tips for Franklin County:
- White-out or correction fluid may cause rejection
- Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
- Request a receipt showing your recording numbers
- Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned
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
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.
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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 Franklin County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Correction Deed (Trustee Grantor) meets all recording requirements specific to Franklin County.
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