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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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 920)
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§ 920. Liability of executor; rights on return
After the administration and distribution, the executor or administrator shall not
be liable to the person so absent and unheard from in any action for the recovery
of the estate. If the absent person proves to be alive, he or she shall be entitled
to his or her estate notwithstanding a settlement and distribution made pursuant to
section 919 of this title, and may bring an action to recover any portion of the estate that anyone received
as a result of the settlement and distribution. (Amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)