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. § 5488)
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§ 5488. Enlargement of cemeteries by associations—Petition to Superior Court to acquire land
When an incorporated cemetery association wishes to enlarge the limits of its burial
ground, and votes to purchase additional land for permanent disposition purposes and
the owner of such land refuses to convey the same to the cemetery association for
a reasonable compensation, the trustees or president of such association, by a petition
in writing, may apply to the Superior Court in the county in which such burial ground
is located for the appointment of commissioners. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2021, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. January 1, 2023.)