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: 14 V.S.A. § 1801)
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§ 1801. Title in deceased persons; petition to Probate Division of the Superior Court
When the record title to real estate or an interest therein stands in the name of
a person who has been deceased for more than seven years and the estate of the person
has not been probated and the interest of the heirs in that real estate has not been
conveyed or has been defectively conveyed, the Probate Division of the Superior Court
where venue lies, upon verified petition and after notice and hearing as provided
by the Rules of Probate Procedure, shall determine whether the deceased person or
the decedent’s heirs are possessed of an existing enforceable title or interest in
that real estate. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 90; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)