Chittenden County Recorder

Each city and town in Vermont maintains its own real property records. The office responsible for recording is that of the town (or city) clerk.

Only the unorganized Buel's Gore is recorded by Chittenden County.

Recording Fees are $15.00 per page for all documents recorded. Make checks payable to the appropriate City or Town Clerk.

Recording Mylars are $25.00 per map. Maps must be 18"x24".

Recording Fees for a document affecting more than one previously recorded instrument are $15.00 per each previously recorded instrument.

Copies of documents are $1.00 per page.
Certified copies are $1.00 per page plus $10.00 for the certification (per document).

All deeds conveying property (even if no money is exchanged) must have a Vermont Property Transfer Tax Return. There is a $15.00 filing fee for this form. Contact the Vermont State Tax Department for information on this form: (802)828-2505

Vermont records all Land Records by Town or City.
If There is no county recording system in Vermont. We only record documents pertaining to Burlington property. South Burlington is a separate town - their phone number is: (802)846-4105.

The property address is required on all documents.

They appreciate a postage paid self-addressed return envelope to accompany all recordings.

Their Recording turn-around time is usually four weeks. Please contact them if your documents have not been returned to you if it has been more than six weeks.

When filling out the Transfer Tax Return form, make sure that section B is accurate and clearly printed. This information provides data needed to update that parcel's owner information for all city departments.

* Deeds should be signed by the party granting the conveyance of real property and acknowledged by the grantor before a town clerk or notary public in the clerk's office of the town in which such lands lie.

* Print or type the corresponding name underneath signatures. Names should be spelled consistently throughout the document. For example, John T. Smith, J. Thomas Smith, J.T. Smith, or Jonathan Smith would all show up differently in a computer search. The same rule applies to hyphenated names. Provide directions on how to index unusual last names.

* The property address is required on all documents. The customer's mailing address does not meet this requirement, as the two addresses are often different.

* It is helpful to provide a cover letter with a name and phone number so that any issues or questions can be handled promptly.

* A deed that makes reference to a survey prepared or revised after July 1, 1988 may be recorded only if it is accompanied by the survey or cites the volume and page in the land records showing where the survey has been previously recorded.