The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
001
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LOCATION, CONDEMNATION, AND CONSTRUCTION
(Cite as: 5 V.S.A. § 3540)
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§ 3540. Change after damages are paid
When the location of a railroad is changed after the payment of damages to a landowner,
and a portion of the lands of such owner is not taken for the new location, the lands
taken for the first location shall revert to the owner. The railroad corporation may
recover from the landowner the amount paid as damages less the damages that accrued
to the owner in consequence of locating the railroad across the owner’s lands, which
shall be ascertained by the Transportation Board. The landowner, if the landowner
chooses, may convey to the corporation the located upon land and retain the awarded
sum. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39(b), eff. March 1, 1961; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. July 1, 2022.)