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27 V.S.A. § 1351
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1351. Definitions

§ 1351. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Association" means all of the site owners acting as a group in accordance with the bylaws and declaration. (2) "Convert," "conversion," or "converted" means a change in character of a mobile home park from a rental to a common interest ownership basis. A condominium or similar arrangement shall be deemed to be such a change in character of ownership. However, "conversion" does not include the creation of a cooperative housing corporation, pursuant to 11 V.S.A. chapter 14. (3) "Dealer" means a person in the business of selling sites for his or her own account. (4) "Declarant" means any person who offers for transfer the ownership interest in a mobile home park to a condominium or similar arrangement. (5) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of housing and community affairs. (6) "Election period" means the six-month period which begins with the declarant's submission of notice of intent to convert a mobile home park under section 1353 of this subchapter. (7) "Leaseholder" means a person who has a leasehold interest derived from the declarant or any site purchaser in a site in a mobile home park to be converted pursuant to this subchapter. (8) "Mobile home park" means a mobile home park as defined under 10 V.S.A. § 6201(2). (9) "Nonpurchasing leaseholder" means a leaseholder who has elected not to purchase a site in a mobile home park to be converted pursuant to this subchapter. (10) "Purchasing leaseholder" means a leaseholder who has elected to purchase a site in a mobile home park to be converted pursuant to this subchapter. (11) "Site" means the spatial location occupied or to be occupied by a mobile home, including all utilities and amenities appurtenant to the location such as piping, wiring, plants, platforms or supports, lights, walls, and all other improvements but not including the land on which the site is located. (12) "Site purchaser" means the purchaser of a site from a declarant under this subchapter. A site purchaser may be a purchasing leaseholder or other purchaser of the site. (13) "Tenant" means a person who has a present possessory interest derived from the leaseholder in a site in a mobile home park to be converted pursuant to this subchapter; any person who leases a mobile home located on the site from the declarant shall be considered a tenant. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1352
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1352. Conversion of mobile home parks permitted

§ 1352. Conversion of mobile home parks permitted|A mobile home park may not be converted except in accordance with this subchapter. For the purpose of this subchapter, the provisions of subdivision 1302(1) of this title shall not be construed to prevent the conversion of a mobile home park. Any sale of a mobile home park shall be governed by the provisions of 10 V.S.A. § 6242; the conversion of a mobile home park under this subchapter shall not be deemed to be a sale. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1353
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1353. Notice of intent to convert a mobile home park

§ 1353. Notice of intent to convert a mobile home park|(a) A declarant shall give notice of intent to convert a mobile home park at least six months prior to giving formal notice of conversion.(b) The declarant shall provide notice of intent to convert a mobile home park to all leaseholders and the commissioner of the department of housing and community affairs by certified mail.(c) The notice shall contain:  (1) the name and principal address of the declarant and of any other persons with an ownership interest in the mobile home park, and a statement that the proposed form of ownership is either a condominium or planned community; (2) a general description of the mobile home park, including to the extent known, the types, number, and the declarant's schedule of commencement and completion of construction of buildings, and amenities that the declarant anticipates including in the mobile home park; (3) the number of sites in the mobile home park; (4) the price of each condominium site; (5) a statement describing the present condition of the park including all water, sewer and electrical systems, and history of the maintenance and repair of those systems and the status of compliance with all environmental health and safety regulations to the declarant's best knowledge; (6) the date by which leaseholders must vote to proceed with conversion of the mobile home park. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1354
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1354. Election period

§ 1354. Election period|(a) The declarant shall provide leaseholders an election period of at least six months from the date that notice of intent to convert a mobile home park is given, to allow leaseholders to consider their options to either purchase their site or to vote against conversion.(b) During the election period, the declarant, representatives of the leaseholders, members of the department of housing and community affairs and advocates of the leaseholders shall have access to the mobile home park and the leaseholders to facilitate meetings and informational sessions so that the leaseholders may evaluate their options prior to voting on the proposed conversion.(c) Leaseholders shall vote either to pursue a conversion or not to pursue a conversion before the end of the election period. Each leaseholder shall have one vote per leasehold, except that no leaseholder shall have more than 30 percent of the aggregate park vote. The commissioner shall assist the leaseholders to hold an election using secret ballots.(d) If leaseholders representing at least 70 percent of the leaseholds elect to pursue a conversion, the declarant may proceed toward conversion by following the requirements under sections 1355-1362 of this subchapter.(e) If leaseholders representing less than 70 percent of the leaseholds elect to pursue a conversion, a conversion shall not take place without providing additional notice pursuant to section 1353 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1356
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1356. Leaseholder conversion period

§ 1356. Leaseholder conversion period|(a) Each leaseholder shall have a conversion period of six months from the date of notice of conversion to elect to become either a purchasing or a nonpurchasing leaseholder.(b) During the conversion period, the declarant shall offer to convey each site to the leaseholder at the price, terms and conditions stated in the notice of conversion. Unless the leaseholder provides written notice that the leaseholder will not purchase the site, the declarant may not offer the site for sale to any other person within the conversion period.(c) A leaseholder may elect to become a purchasing leaseholder by negotiating a purchase and sale agreement with the declarant within the conversion period. Such agreement shall be on terms at least as favorable to the leaseholder as those stated in the notice of conversion. A leaseholder may assign the purchase and sale agreement to any site purchaser.(d) Failure to elect under this section within the conversion period shall be deemed to be an election to become a nonpurchasing leaseholder. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1358
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1358. Protection of nonpurchasing leaseholders

§ 1358. Protection of nonpurchasing leaseholders|(a) A nonpurchasing leaseholder shall have the right to continue the leasehold interest in the site on which the leaseholder's mobile home is located.(b) A declarant or site purchaser may not accept an offer for a site without providing the leaseholder the opportunity to purchase the site at the price, terms and conditions stated in the offer. If the leaseholder accepts the offer, the declarant or site purchaser must sell the unit to the leaseholder; the leaseholder must enter into a purchase and sales agreement with the declarant at the same terms stated in the notice of offer within 30 working days of the declarant's notice to the leaseholder of the offer. The declarant's notice of offer must be delivered by certified mail.(c) If a nonpurchasing leaseholder elects to move from the mobile home park and gives notice to the declarant during the conversion period, the declarant shall pay the nonpurchasing leaseholder's relocation costs as follows:  (1) The leaseholder shall make a good faith effort to move the mobile home, and shall have the obligation to restore the site to the condition it was in prior to occupation by the leaseholder, reasonable wear and tear excepted. (2) Subject to the obligations stated in subdivision (1) of this subsection, the declarant shall pay to a nonpurchasing leaseholder who removes a mobile home from the site the actual documented reasonable costs of relocating the household in possession and the mobile home, not to exceed $2,200.00. (3) Subject to the obligations stated in subdivision (1) of this subsection, in the event the nonpurchasing leaseholder vacates the site but does not move the mobile home from the site, the declarant shall pay to the nonpurchasing leaseholder the actual documented reasonable costs of relocating the household in possession, not to exceed $1,000.00, provided that:  (A) the nonpurchasing leaseholder transfers title to the mobile home to the declarant; (B) the nonpurchasing leaseholder transfers title to a third party who moves the mobile home within 30 days of the date upon which the nonpurchasing leaseholder vacates the mobile home; (C) the nonpurchasing leaseholder transfers title to the mobile home to a purchasing leaseholder of the site on which the mobile home is located.    (d) After the date of the notice of conversion, and unless otherwise modified by this subchapter, the provisions of 10 V.S.A. chapter 153 shall apply to all leases within the mobile home park. A leaseholder may not be required to vacate except for failure to comply with the obligation imposed on the leaseholder by this subchapter, or for the reasons specified in 10 V.S.A. § 6237(a), provided that the conversion of the mobile home park shall not constitute a change in use or a termination of the park.(e) Any rights granted leaseholders under this subchapter against the declarant shall apply against any transferees of a site from the declarant. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1359
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1359. Protection of tenants

§ 1359. Protection of tenants|(a) Within 30 days of the notice of conversion, a leaseholder must notify any tenants in possession of the leased site of the intended conversion. The notice shall be delivered by certified mail to the tenant. The notice of conversion shall contain at least a notice of the intended conversion, the nature of the leaseholder's possessory interest in the site, and a description of the tenant's rights under subchapter 2 of this chapter.(b) A tenant shall have the same rights against the leaseholder as are provided to tenants of buildings against declarants under subchapter 2 of this chapter. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1360
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1360. Stabilization of lot rent

§ 1360. Stabilization of lot rent|(a) As soon as a declarant gives notice of intent to convert as provided by section 1353 of this subchapter, the lot rents of all leaseholders in the park shall be reduced to the level in effect three months prior to the notice of intent to convert.(b) The lot rent charged for sites occupied by leaseholders shall not be increased during the period beginning with the notice of intent to convert as provided by section 1353 of this subchapter and ending either when the condominium association takes control of the common areas of the park, or at the expiration of the conversion period as provided by section 1356 of this subchapter, whichever is later.(c) Following the period designated in subsection (b) of this section, the annual lot rent charged for sites occupied by nonpurchasing leaseholders may be increased by no more than an amount which is equal to the amount of any annual increase in the fees charged by the condominium association to its members. In no event may the lot rent charged to nonpurchasing leaseholders be increased more frequently than as provided for in 10 V.S.A. § 6236. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1361
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1361. Enforcement

§ 1361. Enforcement|(a) A rent increase greater than that provided for by section 1360 of this subchapter is unenforceable to the extent the increase exceeds that provided for in that section.(b) A declarant or site purchaser shall not commence eviction proceedings against a leaseholder for nonpayment of the part of the lot rent which represents an increase in excess of that provided for in section 1360 of this subchapter. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1362
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1362. Waiver prohibited

§ 1362. Waiver prohibited|No lease or rental agreement, oral or written, shall contain any provision by which the tenant or leaseholder prospectively waives any of his or her rights under this subchapter. Any such waiver shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be unenforceable and void. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1363
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1363. Circumvention of this subchapter

§ 1363. Circumvention of this subchapter|A declarant shall not attempt to circumvent the provisions of this subchapter; nor shall any person willfully cause a tenant or leaseholder to vacate a dwelling unit or to be evicted from the site without good cause before issuance of the notice prescribed in section 1353 of this title. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1364
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1364. Protection against harassment

§ 1364. Protection against harassment|(a) No park owner or site owner may willfully cause, directly or indirectly, the interruption or termination of any utility service being supplied to a resident, except for temporary interruptions for emergency repairs.(b) No park owner or site owner may directly or indirectly deny a resident access to and possession of the resident's rented or leased premises, except through proper judicial process.(c) No park owner or site owner may directly or indirectly deny a resident access to and possession of the resident's property, except through proper judicial process.(d) Any resident who sustains damage or injury as a result of an illegal eviction may bring an action for injunctive relief, damages, costs and reasonable attorney's fees.(e) A court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the park owner or site owner if, upon motion and hearing, it is determined that the action was not brought in good faith and was frivolous or intended for harassment only.(f) A park owner or site owner may not retaliate by establishing or changing terms of a rental agreement or by bringing or threatening to bring an action against a resident who has not elected to become a purchasing leaseholder or who has organized or become a member of a resident's association or similar organization.(g) If a park owner or site owner acts in violation of this section, the resident is entitled to recover damages and reasonable attorney's fees and has a defense in any retaliatory action for possession. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1365
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act|§ 1365. Violations

§ 1365. Violations|A violation of this subchapter is deemed to be a violation of 9 V.S.A. § 2453, and is subject to all rights, obligations and penalties provided under 9 V.S.A. chapter 63. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 1401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 17 - Filing of Land Plats|§ 1401. Acceptance of survey plats; definition

§ 1401. Acceptance of survey plats; definition|(a) Each town clerk shall accept survey plats for filing and maintain files and indices to files of survey plats in accordance with this chapter.(b) As used in this chapter:  (1) "Survey plat" means a map or plan drawn to scale of one or more parcels, tracts, or subdivisions of land, showing, but not limited to, boundaries, corners, markers, monuments, easements, and other rights. (2) "Center" means the Vermont Center for Geographic Information.   (c)(1) Whenever a survey plat that maps the subdivision of a parcel or a change in a parcel boundary is filed for record with a town clerk, the surveyor who created the survey plat shall submit a digital copy of the plat to the Center. The Center shall maintain digital copies of survey plats in a statewide digital repository and make them available to the public.  (2) The failure of a surveyor to comply with subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not void, alter, or invalidate the subdivision or boundary adjustment and shall not render the title to the property depicted in the survey plat unmarketable.   (d) The survey plat filed with the town clerk shall be the official plat of record. (Added 1969, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, amended 1991, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2019, No. 38, § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.)
27 V.S.A. § 1404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 17 - Filing of Land Plats|§ 1404. Exemptions

§ 1404. Exemptions|(a) Survey plats prepared and filed by municipal and State government agencies shall be exempt from subdivision 1403(b)(5) of this chapter. Each plat sheet filed under this exemption shall contain a title area in the lower right-hand corner of the sheet stating the location of the land, the scale expressed in engineering units, and the date of compilation. Highway plats or plans filed under this exemption shall also include right-of-way detail sheets and a title sheet.(b) Survey plats prepared and filed in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4463 shall be exempt from subdivision 1403(b)(5) of this chapter. Survey plats or plans filed under this exemption shall contain a title area, the location of the land, and scale expressed in engineering units. In addition, they shall include inscriptions and data required by zoning and planning boards.(c) Survey plats prepared and filed in accordance with chapter 15 of this title shall be exempt from subdivision 1403(b)(5) of this chapter. Each plat sheet filed under this exemption shall contain a title area stating the location of the land, the scale expressed in engineering or architectural units, and the date of compilation. (Added 1969, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1991, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2011, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2013, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 2015, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)
27 V.S.A. § 1405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 17 - Filing of Land Plats|§ 1405. Applicability

§ 1405. Applicability|This chapter does not apply to layout plats of highways or other transportation facilities prepared by or for the agency of transportation, other than plats of individual parcels, before that agency issues a right-of-way clearance certificate for a transportation project. When the agency of transportation issues a right-of-way clearance certificate for a transportation project, it also shall file with the appropriate municipal clerk one set of plans that conforms to the requirements of this chapter, with instructions to the clerk to dispose of all previously filed plats for that particular project. (Added 1969, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1993, No. 61, § 29, eff. June 3, 1993; 1997, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
27 V.S.A. § 1406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 17 - Filing of Land Plats|§ 1406. Prohibition

§ 1406. Prohibition|A town clerk shall not accept any survey plat for filing unless it is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. (Added 1969, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1991, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
27 V.S.A. § 1451
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 18 - Unclaimed Property|§ 1451. Short title

§ 1451. Short title|This chapter may be cited as the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)
27 V.S.A. § 1453
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 18 - Unclaimed Property|§ 1453. Inapplicability to foreign transaction

§ 1453. Inapplicability to foreign transaction|This chapter does not apply to property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction out of which the property arose was a foreign transaction. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)
27 V.S.A. § 1454
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 18 - Unclaimed Property|§ 1454. Rulemaking

§ 1454. Rulemaking|The Administrator may adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, to implement and administer this chapter. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)
27 V.S.A. § 1463
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 18 - Unclaimed Property|§ 1463. When other tax-deferred account presumed abandoned

§ 1463. When other tax-deferred account presumed abandoned|Subject to section 1469 of this title and except for property described in section 1462 of this title and property held in a plan described in 26 U.S.C. § 529A, as may be amended, property held in an account or plan, including a health savings account, that qualifies for tax deferral under the income tax laws of the United States is presumed abandoned if it is unclaimed by the apparent owner three years after the earlier of:  (1) the date, if determinable by the holder, specified in the income tax laws and regulations of the United States by which distribution of the property must begin to avoid a tax penalty, with no distribution having been made; or (2) 30 years after the date the account was opened. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)