The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 8 : Banking and Insurance
Chapter 200 : Consumer Protection
Subchapter 007 : REVERSE MORTGAGES
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 10701)-
§ 10701. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) Financial institution. “Financial institution” means a financial institution as defined in subdivision 10202(5) of this chapter.
(2) Reverse mortgage loan. “Reverse mortgage loan” means a loan that:
(A) is a loan in which the committed principal amount is secured by a mortgage on residential property owned by the borrower;
(B) is due upon sale of the property securing the loan or upon the death of the last surviving borrower or upon the borrower terminating use of the real property as a principal residence or upon the borrower’s default;
(C) provides cash advances to the borrower based upon the equity or the value in the borrower’s owner-occupied principal residence; and
(D) requires no payment of principal or interest until the entire loan becomes due and payable. (Added 2009, No. 53, § 4; amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 283, eff. July 1, 2022.)
