Vermont Correction Deed (Two Grantors)

A recorded Vermont deed that carries an error does not fix itself, but the grantors who signed it can sign again. This Vermont Correction Deed is set up for exactly two grantors, the pair who executed the deed already on record, and it corrects and confirms that conveyance in the town land records without making a new transfer. Buyers searching for a corrective deed or deed of correction for a two-signer Vermont conveyance are looking at this instrument.

Two grantors, one corrected record

The form carries the two-grantor architecture through every layer. Section 1 names both grantors, matching the deed being corrected; the signature section carries a block for each; and the notary pages carry an acknowledgment certificate for each signer, so the two grantors may acknowledge on different dates, before different notaries, or in different states. A married couple that conveyed jointly, and two co-owners who sold or gave property together, present the pattern this deed recites. The form is not set up for a deed executed by a single grantor or by three or more; those instruments carry a different signature and certificate count than this one provides.

Correct and confirm, not reconvey

The deed works by identification and substitution. It identifies the prior recorded deed by its title, dates, and the volume and page or document number in the town or city land records; it describes the error as recorded; it states the corrected information; and its operative clause confirms the conveyance made by the prior deed while substituting the corrected information for the erroneous entry. The prior deed otherwise remains in full force, and the correction deed states no covenant or warranty of title of its own, so whatever covenants the original conveyance carried remain exactly as written there. Wrong lot numbers, misspelled names, and defective recording references in the property description are the classic errors this pattern reaches.

The transfer tax exemption for corrections

Vermont taxes transfers of title by deed, but 32 V.S.A. Section 9603(4) exempts transfers that, without additional consideration, confirm or correct a transfer previously recorded. The exemption does not remove the paperwork: a Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, accompanies every deed transferring title when it is delivered for recording, and under 32 V.S.A. Section 9608 the town clerk cannot record the deed without a complete return. An exempt correction files the return with the confirm-or-correct exemption number entered on it and no tax due. The return is prepared separately and is not included in this package.

Signing and recording with the town clerk

Vermont records land documents by town and city, not by county, so the correction deed goes to the same municipal land records that hold the deed it corrects. Under 27 V.S.A. Section 341, both grantors acknowledge the deed before a notary public, and the certificate on this form tracks the Vermont statutory short form, with lines for the notary's printed name and commission number. Recording costs $15.00 per page under 32 V.S.A. Section 1671, plus the $15.00 return filing fee, and once recorded the corrected conveyance holds against third parties under 27 V.S.A. Section 342 just as the original recording did for the erroneous version.

The download contains the fillable two-grantor correction deed form, a completed example showing a corrected legal description in the Town of Hartford land records, and a guide that walks through each section of the form, the acknowledgment requirements, and the recording steps. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.