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
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ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY TOWNS AND ASSOCIATIONS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5484)
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§ 5484. Acquisition of gravel by town or association
(a) When public necessity requires that a burial ground be raised or portions thereof
filled up with gravel or earth, and the town or association owning or managing the
same cannot agree with the owner of such gravel or earth for its purchase, three or
more owners of lots in such burial ground may apply in writing to the selectboard,
setting forth such necessity. The selectboard shall then proceed as in case of an
application to them by three or more freeholders to lay out a highway. If in their
opinion such necessity exists, they shall authorize, in writing, such town or association
to take and remove such gravel or earth, use the same for the purposes aforesaid,
and appraise the damage to the owner thereof.
(b) Before such town or association takes or removes gravel or earth, as provided in subsection
(a) of this section, it shall pay or tender to the owner the amount of damages as
appraised by the selectboard. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 184, eff. July 1, 2023.)