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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes › § 822. Dissolution of church by Superior Court

§ 822. Dissolution of church by Superior Court
A Congregational church of this State, affiliated with the Vermont Congregational Conference or the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services for two consecutive years immediately prior thereto or whose membership has so diminished in numbers or in financial strength as to render it impossible or impracticable for the 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. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2023, No. 6, § 347, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes › § 823. Property to vest in Vermont Domestic Missionary Society as trustee

§ 823. Property to vest in Vermont Domestic Missionary Society as trustee
Upon such extinction or dissolution, the property of such church or property which may be held in trust for such church shall be transferred to, and the title and possession thereof vested in, the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society. The avails of such property so transferred shall be held in trust and added to the permanent fund of such society and the income thereof employed for its usual work until a local Congregational church is again organized in the same neighborhood, when the income shall be used to aid such local church.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes › § 824. Application for dissolution

§ 824. Application for dissolution
An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by a director of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society when duly authorized by the board of directors or the executive committee of the board of directors of the society, or by a member of the church, upon a verified complaint setting forth the facts authorizing the order and disposition of property. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 348, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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 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 the 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; 2023, No. 6, § 349, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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 by a vote of the board, may apply by complaint to the Superior Court within the county where the circuit or station is located for the relief prayed for in section 864 of this title. Upon the filing of the complaint, a hearing shall be had upon such notice as shall be ordered by the court. If upon hearing it shall be found by the 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 the 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; 2023, No. 6, § 350, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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 the parish when empowered to do so 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 the parish to the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont to receive and hold the same for the purpose specified in its act of incorporation 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 the 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; 2023, No. 6, § 351, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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 the real or personal estate with any debts of the parish incurred subsequent to the making of the conveyance. Real and personal estate previously 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. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 352, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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, 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 the 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 the church or property which may be held in trust for such church, be transferred to and the title and possession vested in the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention. The avails of the property so transferred shall be held in trust and added to the permanent fund of the convention, and the income from it 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 the local church as needed. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2023, No. 6, § 353, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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 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 the church upon a verified complaint setting forth the facts authorizing the order and disposition of property. Upon the presentation of the complaint to the Superior Court, the 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, the court shall make a final order declaring the church extinct or dissolving the same, and transferring any property, and the title and possession, which may belong to the church, or held in trust for the 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. The order of transfer shall not be made if objected to by five or more members of the church. This shall not affect reversionary interests of any person or persons, in the property, or any valid legal liens of creditors. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2023, No. 6, § 354, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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 previously made or of this chapter may be exclusively used and controlled by the persons erecting them, their heirs, or their assigns. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 355, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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 it a wharf, dock, pier, or other structure in connection with the railroad for its accommodation or use which does not impede ordinary navigation in the lake, the building and structures shall be lawful and the legal title to them shall vest in the railroad company or others lawfully claiming under it. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 356, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 12 - Museum Property › § 1152. Property held without a loan agreement

§ 1152. Property held without a loan agreement
Any property held by a museum that is not subject to a loan agreement and has been held for 10 or more years and has remained unclaimed shall be deemed to be abandoned. The property shall become the property of the museum, provided the museum has given notice pursuant to section 1154 of this title and no assertion of title has been filed for the property within 180 days from the date of the third published notice. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 12 - Museum Property › § 1153. Property held pursuant to a loan agreement

§ 1153. Property held pursuant to a loan agreement
(a) Property in the possession of a museum subject to a loan agreement shall be deemed to be donated to the museum, provided:
(1) No claim is made or action filed to recover the property after termination of the loan.
(2) The museum provided notice as required pursuant to section 1154 of this title.
(3) No assertion of title has been filed within 180 days following the date of the third published notice.
(b) A museum may terminate a loan of property if the loan was for an indefinite term and the property has been held by the museum for 10 years or more by providing notice pursuant to section 1154 of this title. For the purposes of this chapter, property on permanent loan shall be considered property loaned for an indefinite term.
(c) A museum may terminate a loan of property loaned for a specified term by providing notice pursuant to section 1154 of this title any time after the expiration of the specified term or earlier if permitted by the loan agreement.
(d) The owner of property on loan to a museum shall notify the museum promptly of any transfer of ownership or change in address of the owner.
(e) Prior to acceptance of a loan of property, a museum shall provide to the owner of the property written notice of the provisions of this chapter. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 12 - Museum Property › § 1154. Notice requirements by museums for loaned property

§ 1154. Notice requirements by museums for loaned property
(a) A museum required to provide notice pursuant to this chapter shall mail by certified mail, return receipt requested, written notice to the last known owner at the most recent address. If the museum has no record of the owner’s address or the museum has not received written proof of receipt of the mailed notice within 30 days after mailing, the museum shall publish at least one notice each month for three consecutive months in the principal newspaper of general circulation in each of the following:
(1) The county of the last known address of the owner, if known.
(2) The county in which the museum is located. For the purposes of this subdivision, if property is loaned to a branch of a museum, the museum shall be considered to be located in the county in which the branch is located, otherwise a museum shall be located in the county in which it has its principal place of business.
(b) The published notice shall contain all the following:
(1) The notice shall be entitled: “Notice of Abandonment.”
(2) A clear description of the unclaimed property.
(3) The last known name and address of the owner.
(4) A request that any person who has any knowledge of the whereabouts of the owner provide written notice to the museum.
(5) The name and address of the museum.
(6) The name, address, and contact information of the person to be contacted regarding the property.
(7) A statement that if written assertion of title is not presented by the owner to the museum within 180 days after the date of the final published notice, the property shall be considered abandoned or donated and shall become the property of the museum.
(c) A copy of all notices required in this chapter relating to property in the form of identifiable works of art that changed hands in Europe between the years 1933 and 1945 shall be sent to The Art Loss Register or any successor organization having similar purposes on or before the date on which the notices are mailed or first published. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 12 - Museum Property › § 1155. Provision of mission statement

§ 1155. Provision of mission statement
(a) Prior to the acquisition of property by gift, a museum, upon request, shall provide a donor or prospective donor with a written copy of its mission statement and collections policy, which shall include policies and procedures of the museum related to deaccessioning.
(b) If the museum has the knowledge of a planned bequest of any property prior to the death of the testator, the museum shall provide the testator with a written copy of its mission statement and collections policy, which shall include policies and procedures of the museum relating to deaccessioning.
(c) Any museum that routinely makes its mission statement and collections policy available on its website shall be deemed to have complied with this section. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 12 - Museum Property › § 1156. Property vested in museums

§ 1156. Property vested in museums
(a) If no written assertion of title has been presented by the owner to the museum within 180 days after the date of the third published notice, title to the property shall vest in the museum free of all claims of the owner and any other person claiming under the owner.
(b) A person who purchases or otherwise acquires property from a museum acquires good title to the property if the museum has acquired title to the property under this chapter. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 12 - Museum Property › § 1157. Exemptions

§ 1157. Exemptions
This chapter shall not apply to either of the following:
(1) Any property that changed hands by theft, seizure, confiscation, forced sale, or other involuntary means in Europe between 1933 and 1945.
(2) Any property reported as stolen in writing to a law enforcement officer, insurer, or The Art Loss Register, or any successor organization having similar purposes, notwithstanding any notice provided pursuant to section 1155 of this title. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 12 - Museum Property › § 1158. Record of acquisition

§ 1158. Record of acquisition
The museum shall maintain or continue to maintain to the extent such information is available a record of acquisition whether by purchase, bequest, gift, loan, or otherwise of property for display or collection and of deaccessioning or loan of property currently held or thereafter acquired for display or collection. (Added 2007, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1301. Short title

§ 1301. Short title
This chapter shall be known as the “Condominium Ownership Act.” (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1303. Application of chapter

§ 1303. Application of chapter
This chapter shall apply only to property, the sole owner or all of the owners of which make the property subject to this chapter by duly executing and recording a declaration as provided in this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2; 2023, No. 6, § 358, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1304. Status of the apartments or sites

§ 1304. Status of the apartments or sites
Each apartment or site, together with its undivided interest in the common areas and facilities, shall for all purposes constitute real property. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1305. Ownership of apartments or sites

§ 1305. Ownership of apartments or sites
Each apartment or site owner shall be entitled to the exclusive ownership and possession of his or her apartment or site. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1306. Common areas and facilities

§ 1306. Common areas and facilities
(a) Each apartment or site owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities in the percentage expressed in the declaration. That percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the apartment or site in relation to the value of the property.
(b) The percentage of the undivided interest of each apartment or site owner in the common areas and facilities as expressed in the declaration shall have a permanent character and shall not be altered without the consent of all of the apartment or site owners expressed in an amended declaration duly recorded. The percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall not be separated from the apartment or site to which it appertains and shall run with the interest conveyed or encumbered even though not expressly mentioned or described.
(c) Common areas and facilities shall remain undivided. No apartment or site owner or any other person may bring any action for partition or division of any part thereof, unless the property has been removed from the provisions of this chapter as provided in sections 1316 and 1326 of this title. Any covenant to the contrary shall be null and void.
(d) Each apartment or site owner may use his or her respective common areas and facilities in accordance with the purpose for which they were intended without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of the other apartment or site owners.
(e) The necessary work of maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities and the making of any additions or improvements thereto shall be carried out only as provided in this section and in the bylaws.
(f) The association of owners shall have the irrevocable right, to be exercised by the manager or board of directors, to have access to each apartment or site from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any of the common areas and facilities therein or accessible therefrom, or for making emergency repairs therein necessary to prevent damage to the common areas and facilities or to another apartment or apartments or sites. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2; 2023, No. 6, § 359, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1307. Compliance with covenants, bylaws, and administrative provisions

§ 1307. Compliance with covenants, bylaws, and administrative provisions
Each apartment or site owner shall comply strictly with the bylaws and with the administrative rules adopted under them, as either may be lawfully amended from time to time, and with the covenants, conditions, and restrictions set forth in the declaration or in the deed to his or her apartment or site. Failure to comply with them shall be grounds for an action to recover sums due, for damages or injunctive relief or both maintainable by the manager or boards of directors on behalf of the association of owners or, in a proper case, by an aggrieved apartment or site owner. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1308. Certain work prohibited

§ 1308. Certain work prohibited
No apartment or site owner may do any work that would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property, reduce the value thereof, or impair an easement or hereditament without the unanimous consent of all the other apartment or site owners being first obtained. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1309. Liens against apartments or sites; removal from lien; effect of part payment

§ 1309. Liens against apartments or sites; removal from lien; effect of part payment
(a) After recording the declaration as provided in this chapter, and while the property remains subject to this chapter, no lien may thereafter arise or be effective against the property. During that period, liens or encumbrances shall arise or be created only against each apartment or site and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities, appurtenant to that apartment or site, in the same manner and under the same conditions in every respect as liens or encumbrances may arise or be created upon or against any other separate parcel of real property subject to individual ownership. Labor performed or materials furnished with the consent or at the request of an apartment or site owner or the owner’s agent or the owner’s contractor or subcontractor shall not be a basis for filing a mechanic’s lien against the apartment or site or any other property of any other apartment or site owner not expressly consenting to or requesting the work, except that the express consent shall be deemed to be given to the owner of any apartment or site in the case of emergency repairs. Labor performed and materials furnished for the common areas and facilities, if duly authorized by the association of owners, the manager, or board of directors, in accordance with this chapter, the declaration, or bylaws, shall constitute a basis for filing a mechanic’s lien against each of the apartments or sites and shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
(b) If a lien against two or more apartments or sites becomes effective, the owners of the separate apartment or site may remove their apartment or site and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to that apartment or site from the lien by payment of the fractional or proportional amounts attributable to each of the apartments or sites affected. The individual payment shall be computed by reference to the percentages appearing on the declaration. After any payment, discharge, or other satisfaction the apartment or site and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto shall be free and clear of the lien so paid, satisfied, or discharged. That partial payment, satisfaction, or discharge shall not prevent the lien holder from proceeding to enforce the lien holder’s rights against the rest of the undischarged property. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2; 2023, No. 6, § 360, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1310. Common profits and expenses

§ 1310. Common profits and expenses
Annually, the common profits of the property may be distributed among, and the common expenses shall be charged to, the apartment or site owners according to the percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1311. Contents of declaration

§ 1311. Contents of declaration
The declaration shall contain the following particulars:
(1) Description of the land on which the building or sites and improvements are or are to be located.
(2) In the case of a building, a description of the building, stating the number of stories and basements, the number of apartments and the principal materials of which it is or is to be constructed; in the case of a mobile home park, a description of the entire property, stating the number of sites, the utilities and amenities provided to the several sites, the principal materials of which the mobile home foundations, walks, drives, and streets are or are to be constructed, and any buildings on the property.
(3) The apartment number of each apartment or site, and a statement of its location, approximate area, number of rooms in the case of an apartment, and immediate common area to which it has access, and any other data necessary for its proper identification.
(4) Description of the common areas and facilities.
(5) Description of the limited common areas and facilities, if any, stating to which apartments or sites their use is reserved.
(6) Value of the property and of each apartment or site, and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appertaining to each apartment or site and its owner for all purposes, including voting.
(7) Statement of the purposes for which each building and each of the apartments or sites are intended and restricted as to use.
(8) The name of a person to receive service of process in the cases provided in this section, together with the person’s residence or place of business which shall be within the city or county where the property is located.
(9) Provision as to the percentage of votes by the apartment or site owners which shall be determinative of whether to rebuild, repair, restore, or sell the property in the event of damage or destruction of all or part of the property.
(10) Any further details in connection with the property that the person executing the declaration may consider desirable to set forth consistent with this chapter.
(11) The method by which the declaration may be amended, consistent with this chapter.
(12) Reference to recorded floor plan in the case of a building or site plan in the case of a mobile home park, and recorded lot plan. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2; 2023, No. 6, § 361, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1312. Contents of deeds of apartments or sites

§ 1312. Contents of deeds of apartments or sites
Deeds of apartments or sites shall include the following particulars:
(1) Description of the land as provided in section 1311 of this title, or the post office address of the property, including in either case the book, page and date of recording of the declaration.
(2) The apartment number of the apartment or site in the declaration and any other data necessary for its proper identification.
(3) Statement of the use for which the apartment or site is intended and restrictions on its use.
(4) The percentage of undivided interest appertaining to the apartment or site in the common areas and facilities.
(5) Any further details that the grantor and grantee may consider desirable to set forth consistent with the declaration and this chapter.
(6) Reference to recorded floor plan or site plan, and recorded lot plan. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1313. Copy of the floor plans to be filed

§ 1313. Copy of the floor plans to be filed
(a) Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration there shall be filed in the office of the recording officer a lot plan and, in the case of an apartment building, a set of the floor plans of the building showing the layout, location, apartment or site numbers, and dimensions of the apartments or sites, stating the name of the building or that it has no name. In the case of a mobile home park, there shall be filed in the office of the recording officer a site plan showing the layout, location, site numbers, and dimensions of the sites, and the layout, location, and materials of all utilities, including underground utilities. Each set of building or site plans shall bear the verified statement of a licensed architect, licensed professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor certifying that it is an accurate copy of portions of the plans of the building or site as filed with and approved by the municipal or other governmental subdivision having jurisdiction over the issuance of permits for the construction of buildings or mobile home parks. If the plans do not include a verified statement by the licensed architect, licensed professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor that they fully and accurately depict the layout, location, apartment or site numbers, and dimensions of the apartments or sites as built, there shall be recorded before the first conveyance of any apartment or site an amendment to the declaration, to which shall be attached a verified statement of a licensed architect, licensed professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor certifying that the plans previously filed, or being filed simultaneously with the amendment, fully and accurately depict the layout, location, apartment or site numbers, and dimensions of the apartments or sites as built. Plans shall be kept by the recording officer in a separate file for each building or park, indexed in the same manner as conveyance entitled to record, numbered serially in the order of receipt, each designated “apartment ownership” or “site ownership,” with the name of the building or park, if any, each containing a reference to the book, page, and date of recording of the declaration. Correspondingly, the record of the declaration shall contain a reference to the file number of the floor plans of the building or of the site plans of the parks affected.
(b) If the declaration has been of record for 15 or more years, no effect on marketability of title shall be created by failure to file or record floor plans. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1989, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.); 1993, No. 97, § 2; 2017, No. 24, § 4, eff. May 4, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1314. Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting an apartment or site at time of first conveyance

§ 1314. Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting an apartment or site at time of first conveyance
At the time of the first conveyance of each apartment or site, every mortgage and other lien affecting the apartment or site, including the percentage of undivided interest of the apartment or site in the common areas and facilities, shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the apartment or site being conveyed and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be released therefrom by partial release duly recorded. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1315. Recording

§ 1315. Recording
(a) The declaration, any amendment or amendments thereof, any instrument by which this chapter may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property or any apartment or site shall be entitled to be recorded. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless duly recorded.
(b) In addition to the records and indexes required to be maintained by the recording officer, the recording officer shall maintain an index or indexes in which the record of each declaration contains a reference to the record of each conveyance of an apartment or site affected by the declaration, and the record of each conveyance of an apartment or site contains a reference to the declaration of the building of which the apartment is a part and the record of each conveyance of a site contains a reference to the declaration of the property of which the site is a part. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97 § 2; 2023, No. 6, § 362, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1316. Termination, dissolution

§ 1316. Termination, dissolution
(a) All of the apartment or site owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, if the holders of all liens affecting any of the apartments or sites consent or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment or site owner in the property as provided in this section.
(b) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this chapter, the property shall be considered to be owned in common by the apartment or site owners. The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment or site owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by the owner in the common areas and facilities. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. Jan. 23, 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2; 2023, No. 6, § 363, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 27 - Property › Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act › § 1317. Resubmission

§ 1317. Resubmission
The removal provided for in section 1316 of this title shall in no way bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to the provisions of this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. Jan. 23. 1968; amended 1993, No. 97, § 2.)