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.
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OWNERSHIP OF CEMETERY LOTS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5533)
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§ 5533. Escheat when owner’s whereabouts unknown
When the whereabouts of a person or his or her heirs, having legal title or color
of title to a wholly unoccupied burial lot in any cemetery has been unknown for 20
years, such lot shall escheat to the agency upon petition brought by the agency and
hearing and judgment had thereon as provided in sections 5534-5537 of this title.