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
003
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DISSOLVING OR MOVING RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 1535)
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§ 1535. Report and judgment
When, upon such hearing, it appears to be for the best interests of a majority of
the members of such corporation or society or the persons interested therein, that
the same should be dissolved or moved, and that the property should be divided among
the owners thereof, or that such property should be sold and the proceeds divided,
the commissioners shall so report to the court within 30 days of their determination
of the matter. The court shall thereupon render judgment in accordance with the facts
found, and that such corporation or society is dissolved, and that the property belonging
to it, whether real or personal, shall be divided or sold, and its proceeds divided
among the owners thereof, or the persons interested therein, as to the court seems
just, and for the petitioners to recover their costs, if defense is made to such petition.
If defense is not made, the petitioners shall pay the costs, and the court shall so
order.