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27 V.S.A. § 825
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 825. Court order transferring property; intention of the law

§ 825. Court order transferring property; intention of the law|Upon the presentation of such complaint to the superior court, such court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application. If, upon examination by the court, it shall appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper for any of the causes mentioned in section 822 of this title, such court shall make a final order declaring such church extinct, or dissolving the same and transferring any property, and the title and possession thereof, which may belong to such church, or held in trust for such church and vest the same in the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, it being the intention and purposes of this and sections 821-824 of this title to preserve to the Congregational denomination in this state, as represented by the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, for religious uses all property owned by or held in trust for any such church. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 826
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 826. Objection to transfer

§ 826. Objection to transfer|Such an order of transfer shall not be made if objected to by five or more members of such church.
27 V.S.A. § 827
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 827. Effect of transfer on reversionary interests or liens

§ 827. Effect of transfer on reversionary interests or liens|Sections 821-826 of this title shall not affect the reversionary interest of a person in such property or a valid legal lien of a creditor thereon.
27 V.S.A. § 828
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 828. Construction with other laws

§ 828. Construction with other laws|In case of conflict between the provisions of sections 821-827 of this title and special acts of the general assembly relating to the Vermont Congregational Conference or the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, the provisions of such sections shall control.
27 V.S.A. § 829
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 829. Exceptions

§ 829. Exceptions|The First Congregational Church and society of Rochester and Bristol are expressly excluded from the operation of sections 821-828 of this title.
27 V.S.A. § 861
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 861. Powers of trustees to hold realty

§ 861. Powers of trustees to hold realty|The trustees of the several circuits and stations of the United Methodist Church and their successors in office shall have corporate powers, with perpetuity, for the purpose of taking and holding real or personal estate to support religious worship or for church sites, buildings, or parsonages and to maintain and support deaconesses' homes and other religious work. (Amended 1969, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 5, 1970.)
27 V.S.A. § 862
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 862. Powers of trustees to convey

§ 862. Powers of trustees to convey|Such trustees and their successors in office may convey such real estate, if authorized by a majority vote of the members of a quarterly conference in the circuit or station where such estate is situated, and, by vote duly recorded, may authorize one of their number to convey such property. (Amended 2015, No. 72 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 12, 2016.)
27 V.S.A. § 863
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 863. Powers as to campgrounds

§ 863. Powers as to campgrounds|Such trustees and their successors in office may erect within their respective circuits, upon grounds used for camp meetings under the usages of such church, boarding tents for such persons as attend and furnish board and lodging during such meetings.
27 V.S.A. § 864
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 864. Property of extinct circuits or stations

§ 864. Property of extinct circuits or stations|All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust by any circuit or station of the United Methodist Church within the bounds of the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist church in the state of Vermont which by order of the superior court may be declared extinct or dissolved, shall be transferred to and the title and possession thereof vested in the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, a corporation, under the following circumstances:  (1) When such circuit or station has become or shall become extinct by the death or removal of all its members or otherwise; or (2) When such circuit or station has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services or to use its property for religious worship or services for the space of five years immediately prior thereto; or (3) When the membership of such circuit or station has so diminished in numbers or financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable to maintain religious worship or services or to protect its property from exposure and waste or to fulfill the purpose for which such property was held. (Amended 1969, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 5, 1970; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 865
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 865. Complaint to dissolve circuit or station

§ 865. Complaint to dissolve circuit or station|The trustees of the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church or any member of the board of trustees, when duly authorized thereto by a vote of the board, may apply by complaint to the superior court within the county where such circuit or station is located for the relief prayed for in section 864 of this title. Upon the filing of such complaint in such court, a hearing shall be had upon such notice as shall be ordered by such court. If upon hearing it shall be found by such court that the case is brought within the provisions of section 864 and that the transfer of property prayed for ought, in equity and good conscience, to be made, the court shall make a decree in the premises that the circuit or station in question is dissolved or extinct and transfer the property described in the complaint to the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to be held and used according to the discipline of such church and the provisions of its charter. (Amended 1969, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 5, 1970; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 866
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 866. Recording decrees affecting realty

§ 866. Recording decrees affecting realty|When any property affected by a decree of the superior court as provided for in section 865 of this title is real estate, a copy of such decree duly certified by the clerk of such court shall be recorded in the land records of the town where such property is situated. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 901. Taking title to land

§ 901. Taking title to land|The rector, wardens, and members of the vestrymen of a parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church and their successors in office, elected according to the canons and usages of such church, shall have corporate powers with perpetuity for the purpose of taking and holding real or personal estate to support religious worship or for church sites, buildings, or rectories.
27 V.S.A. § 902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 902. Conveyance of property

§ 902. Conveyance of property|Such rector, wardens, and members of the vestry may by majority vote give, sell, and convey real or personal estate belonging to such parish when empowered so to do by a majority vote at an annual meeting of the parish or one called for that purpose, and by vote duly recorded may authorize one of their number to execute all proper conveyances. In like manner, they may give, sell, and convey real or personal estate belonging to such parish to the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont to receive and hold the same for the purpose specified in the act of incorporation thereof and amendments thereto. Provided, however, that the rector, wardens, and members of the vestry shall not encumber or alienate any real or personal estate belonging to such parish or alienate any part thereof (save for refinancing of an existing loan) without the written consent of the bishop and standing committee of the Diocese of Vermont. (Amended 1991, No. 58.)
27 V.S.A. § 903
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 903. Rights of parish conveying property

§ 903. Rights of parish conveying property|A parish making such a conveyance to the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont shall have no right or authority to charge such real or personal estate with any debts of such parish incurred subsequent to the making of such conveyance. Real and personal estate heretofore conveyed by a parish to the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont shall not be liable for the debts of the parish incurred subsequent to November 15, 1898.
27 V.S.A. § 904
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 904. Transfer of property of extinct parishes and missions

§ 904. Transfer of property of extinct parishes and missions|All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust for a parish or mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which, under the canons and usages of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, ceases to exist as a parish or mission, shall vest in and become the property of the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Vermont, the property, or the avails thereof, to be used by said trustees for the aid, benefit or advancement of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont in the manner authorized by the corporation charter of November 19, 1880 as amended. (Added 1969, No. 96, § 1.)
27 V.S.A. § 905
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 905. Procedure for transferring property

§ 905. Procedure for transferring property|Upon presentation to the superior court of the county in which said property is situated of a complaint signed by the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont requesting an order transferring the title to property of any kind belonging to a parish or mission to the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont on the ground that such parish or mission has ceased to exist as a parish or mission under the canons and usages of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, such court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such complaint. If, upon examination by the court, it shall appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper for the cause mentioned in section 904 of this title, such court shall make a final order transferring the title to the property of such parish or mission to the trustees of the Diocese of Vermont for the purposes and uses set forth in section 904 of this title. (Added 1969, No. 96, § 2; amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 941
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 941. Transfer of property of extinct churches

§ 941. Transfer of property of extinct churches|All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust for any Universalist church and society or Universalist society, hereafter referred to as the Universalist church in this subchapter, organized under the laws of this state, which has become or shall become extinct by death of all its members or otherwise, and which has been or shall be at any time affiliated with the Universalist Convention of Vermont and the Province of Quebec, a religious corporation incorporated under No. 224 of the Acts of 1888, as amended by No. 398 of the Acts of 1912, and engaged in religious missionary work and in fostering weak Universalist churches in this state, or connected with any Universalist church affiliated with The Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention, shall vest in and become the property of The Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention.
27 V.S.A. § 942
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 942. Transferred property held in trust

§ 942. Transferred property held in trust|Any Universalist church of this state affiliated with the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention aforesaid, which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services, or to use the property for religious worship or services, for the space of two consecutive years immediately prior thereto, or whose membership has so diminished in numbers or financial strength as to render it impossible or impractical for such church to maintain religious worship or services, or to protect its property from exposure to waste and dilapidation, or to fulfill the purpose for which it was incorporated, by an order of the superior court, may be declared extinct or dissolved, and the property of such church or property which may be held in trust for such church, be transferred to and the title and possession thereof vested in the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention. The avails of such property so transferred shall be held in trust and added to the permanent fund of the convention, and the income thereof employed for its usual work until a local Universalist church is again organized in the same neighborhood, when the income shall be used to aid such local church as needed. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 943
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 943. Manner of effecting transfer

§ 943. Manner of effecting transfer|Any application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member of the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention when duly authorized thereto by the board of trustees or the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention, or by any member of such church upon a verified complaint setting forth the facts authorizing such order and disposition of property. Upon the presentation of such complaint to the superior court, such court may proceed in a summary manner, after such notice as the court may prescribe, to inquire into the merits of such application. If upon examination by the court it shall appear that the making of the order and disposition of the property applied for is necessary or proper for any of the causes mentioned in section 942 of this title, such court shall make a final order declaring such church extinct or dissolving the same, and transferring any property, and the title and possession thereof, which may belong to such church, or held in trust for such church, and vest the same in the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention. It is the intent and purpose of this section and sections 941 and 942 of this title to preserve to the Universalist denomination in this state, as represented by the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention for religious uses all property owned by or held in trust for any such church. Such an order of transfer shall not be made if objected to by five or more members of such church. This shall not affect reversionary interests of any person or persons, in such property, or any valid legal liens of creditors thereon. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 944
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes|§ 944. Construction with other laws

§ 944. Construction with other laws|In case of conflict between the provisions of this subchapter and special acts of the general assembly relating to the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention, the provisions of this subchapter shall control.
27 V.S.A. § 1002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 9 - Property Extending Into Lake Champlain|§ 1002. Control of wharves

§ 1002. Control of wharves|Wharves, storehouses, or breakwaters erected agreeably to the provisions of grants heretofore made or of this chapter, may be exclusively used and controlled by the persons erecting them, their heirs, or their assigns.
27 V.S.A. § 1003
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 9 - Property Extending Into Lake Champlain|§ 1003. Title to railroad property confirmed

§ 1003. Title to railroad property confirmed|When a railroad company in this state has constructed its railroad beyond low-water mark into Lake Champlain or has built into such lake a wharf, dock, pier, or other structure in connection with such railroad for its accommodation or use which does not impede ordinary navigation in such lake, such building and structures shall be lawful and the legal title thereto shall vest in such railroad company or others lawfully claiming under it.
27 V.S.A. § 1101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1101. Finder to give notice

§ 1101. Finder to give notice|A person who finds money or goods, to the value of $3.00 or more, or takes up a stray beast, the owner of which is not known, shall, within six days thereafter, make two notices, describing such money, goods, or beast, with the natural or artificial marks, with the time and place of finding or taking up the same, and post them in two public places in the town in which such property was found.
27 V.S.A. § 1102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1102. Penalty for destroying notices

§ 1102. Penalty for destroying notices|A person who willfully takes down or destroys such a notice within 60 days from the time of posting the same shall be fined $7.00, unless the owner has appeared and claimed such property.
27 V.S.A. § 1103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1103. Publication of notice in newspaper

§ 1103. Publication of notice in newspaper|If the value of such property exceeds $10.00, the person finding it shall immediately cause a copy of the notice to be published three weeks successively in some newspaper circulating in such town.
27 V.S.A. § 1104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1104. Recording copy of notice

§ 1104. Recording copy of notice|If the owner of such property does not appear and claim it within 20 days from the date of such notice, the person so finding it shall cause a copy of the notice to be recorded in the office of the clerk of such town.
27 V.S.A. § 1105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1105. Sale of property; disposition of proceeds

§ 1105. Sale of property; disposition of proceeds|If the owner of the property does not appear and prove his title within 90 days from the time of posting the first notice, the person finding the property may sell it at public auction. The avails of the sale, after paying the expenses of keeping the property, and of the proceedings relating to the same, shall be paid to the town treasurer, at the time of paying the avails of the sale.
27 V.S.A. § 1106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1106. Accounting for proceeds

§ 1106. Accounting for proceeds|The account of the expenses shall be examined and allowed by a district judge of the county, and deposited with such treasurer, at the time of paying the avails of the sale. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 90, eff. April 9, 1974.)
27 V.S.A. § 1107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1107. Owner may have property before sale

§ 1107. Owner may have property before sale|If, previous to the sale, the owner appears and proves his or her title to the property, he or she shall be entitled to the same on paying the expenses of keeping, and of the proceedings required by this chapter.
27 V.S.A. § 1108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1108. Failure of finder to comply with chapter

§ 1108. Failure of finder to comply with chapter|If a person finds money or goods, or takes up a stray beast and does not thus advertise or perform the duties required of him or her by this chapter, he or she shall not receive pay for keeping, or for other proceedings relating to such property, and shall forfeit to the use of the town in which the same is found, the value of such money, goods, or stray beast, to be recovered in an action on this statute.
27 V.S.A. § 1109
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1109. Found beast may be worked

§ 1109. Found beast may be worked|A person who takes up a stray beast may put such beast to reasonable labor, and the magistrate, in allowing the account of the expenses, shall allow the owner a reasonable compensation therefor.
27 V.S.A. § 1110
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 11 - Lost Property|§ 1110. Liability of owner upon death of beast

§ 1110. Liability of owner upon death of beast|If the beast so taken up dies, the owner thereof shall be liable to pay to the person who took it up a reasonable compensation for the costs and expenses of keeping and other proceedings relating to such beast, unless its death was occasioned by the carelessness or negligence of such person.
27 V.S.A. § 1151
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 27 - Property|Chapter 12 - Museum Property|§ 1151. Definitions

§ 1151. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Lender" means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum or, if such person is deceased, the legal heirs of such person. (2) "Loan" means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property. (3) "Museum" means an institution operated by a nonprofit corporation or a public agency primarily for educational, scientific, historic preservation, or aesthetic purposes, and the institution owns, cares for, exhibits, studies, collects, archives, or catalogues property. "Museum" also includes historical societies, parks, monuments, and libraries. (4) "Property" means a tangible object, animate or inanimate, that has intrinsic, historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value, and the object is under the care of a museum. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)