Filing of Surveys
Per State Statute 27 V.S.A. § 341 any deed submitted for recording, that references a survey, must include the survey for recording.
Stockbridge is looking to collect any and all land surveys. For the next 90 days, we will accept your surveys for recording at no-charge.
Surveys can be dropped off at the town office during regular business hours.
Chapter 005 : Conveyance Of Real Estate
Subchapter 002 : Execution And Acknowledgment
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 341)
- § 341. Requirements generally; recording
(a) Deeds and other conveyances of lands, or of an estate or interest therein, shall be signed by the party granting the same and acknowledged by the grantor before a notary public and recorded at length in the clerk’s office of the town in which such lands lie. Such acknowledgment before a notary public shall be valid without an official stamp being affixed to his or her signature.
(b)(1) A deed or other conveyance of land that includes a reference to a survey prepared or revised after July 1, 1988 may be recorded only if it is accompanied by the survey to which it refers, or cites the volume and page in the land records showing where the survey has previously been recorded.
(2) If the conveyance of land results in the subdivision of a parcel or a change in the boundaries of a parcel after January 1, 2020, the deed shall:
(A) be accompanied by a survey plat that depicts the new parcel boundaries; or
(B) cite the volume and page in the land records that indicates where the new parcel boundaries have previously been recorded.