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Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 047 : Frauds
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2015)-
§ 2015. Transferring realty without notice of encumbrance
A person who knowingly and with intent to defraud sells, mortgages, or bonds real estate upon which there is an existing encumbrance, and receives a portion of the consideration of such sale or conveyance, without notifying the person taking such title or lien of such prior encumbrance, and embodying a description thereof in such subsequent conveyance, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
