Franklin County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Form
Last validated September 2, 2026 by our Forms Development TeamFormatted for recording in Franklin County, for property anywhere in the county: rural and unincorporated areas as well as Bakersfield, East Berkshire, East Fairfield, Enosburg Falls, Fairfield, Franklin, Highgate Center, Highgate Springs and 8 more.
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Franklin County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Form
Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) form formatted to comply with all Vermont recording and content requirements.
Franklin County Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Guide
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Franklin County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) Document
Example of a properly completed Vermont Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) 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
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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. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended, and most PDF apps also work. 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!
The subject of this deed is another deed. A numbered section identifies a conveyance already recorded in a Vermont town's land records by instrument title, date, and book and page; the next section states the error that slipped into it and the information that corrects it; and the operative text confirms everything else the recorded deed did. This is a Vermont quitclaim deed in its corrective configuration, the instrument searchers reach as a correction deed, corrective deed, or confirmatory deed, and under the quit claim and quick claim spellings.
Two deeds on the record, read as one
A recorded deed does not come off the record; the correction goes on beside it. The grantor of the prior deed signs again, the form states the error and the corrected information, and the operative section remises, releases, and forever quitclaims whatever right, title, and interest the grantor holds while confirming and ratifying the prior deed except as corrected. No Vermont statute implies covenants into a quitclaim, so the instrument promises nothing about the title; it repairs the paperwork, not the bargain. An examiner running the chain finds both instruments in the same municipal index and reads them together as one conveyance.
What a correction deed can reach in Vermont
No Vermont statute prescribes a correction procedure for recorded deeds; the boundary comes from Vermont Title Standard 4.1. A grantor who conveyed by an effective, unambiguous deed cannot, by a later deed, substantially change the grantee's name, shrink the premises or the estate, add a condition, or otherwise diminish the prior grant, and a deed that tries does not impair the title the prior deed established. The corrections that live comfortably inside the standard are the clerical ones: a transposed lot number, a misspelled or incomplete name, a wrong book and page in the derivation clause, a dropped plan reference. For a material change, the standard's comment describes a conveyance back from the grantee before the grantor deeds again; this form recites the standard's limits in its operative section, so the record shows the deed staying inside them.
One grantor, signing a second time
The form recites exactly one grantor, the grantor named in the prior deed. Twelve numbered sections run from the parties through the prior-deed identification, the error and its correction, consideration, and the corrected legal description to the conveyance-and-confirmation section, followed by one grantor signature block and one acknowledgment certificate in Vermont's statutory short form wording. A conditional homestead joinder under 27 V.S.A. section 141 waits ahead of the signature blocks with its own spouse entry, signature line, and second certificate, used only when the property is the homestead of a married grantor. A lot number transposed in the description, a grantee's name recorded with a missing initial, and a derivation clause citing the wrong book and page present the pattern this deed recites. The form is not set up as a first conveyance of the property, as an instrument diminishing what the prior deed granted, or as a correction of a deed signed in a representative capacity; each of those follows a different architecture.
Exemption 04, and a return filed at zero tax
The finished correction records in the same clerk's office that holds the deed it corrects, Vermont keeping land records by municipality, at the statewide $15 per page. The transfer tax paperwork travels with it even though a correction ordinarily owes nothing: 32 V.S.A. section 9608 bars the clerk from recording a deed evidencing a transfer until a completed Property Transfer Tax Return, Form PTT-172, and its Act 250 certificate are in hand, and 32 V.S.A. section 9603(4) exempts transfers that, without additional consideration, confirm or correct a transfer previously recorded, claimed by its number on the return. Where a purported correction moves additional value, the exemption's condition fails and the ordinary rate of 1.25 percent plus the 0.22 percent clean water surcharge reaches it.
What the download contains
The corrective quitclaim deed arrives as a fillable PDF whose first page is a non-recorded instructions sheet, alongside a completed example prepared on a Brattleboro, Windham County record in which a grantor corrects a transposed lot number in a deed to her son, and a plain language guide that treats the twelve numbered sections, the ways a grantee may hold Vermont title, the title-standard limits, notarization, and the path through the transfer tax return to the clerk's counter. 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 county recording office listed above.
This Quitclaim Deed (Corrective) meets all recording requirements specific to Franklin County.
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