The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5315)
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§ 5315. Sale of property for other than burial purposes; disposition of proceeds
Either before or after the recording of the plat, as provided in this chapter, whenever
it is determined that such lands acquired for cemetery purposes, except those acquired
by condemnation proceedings, are unsuitable for the permanent disposition of human
remains, such lands may be sold for purposes other than permanent disposition and
conveyed in fee simple in such manner and upon such terms as may be provided by the
agencies owning the same. The proceeds thereof shall be applied to the purchase of
other lands or to general cemetery purposes. When such sales are made, the land so
sold shall be returned by the agencies to the tax lists for taxation. In the case
of land acquired by condemnation proceedings, it shall be disposed of under the law
governing the disposal of land acquired by condemnation proceedings. (V.S. 1947, § 4021. 1947, No. 202, § 4022. P.L. § 3853. 1933, No. 49, § 16; amended 2021, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. January 1, 2023; 2023, No. 6, § 171, eff. July 1, 2023.)