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.
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2015)
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§ 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.)