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: 24 V.S.A. § 1301)
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§ 1301. Establishment of villages
Upon a petition of a majority of the voters in town meeting residing in a village
containing 30 or more houses, the selectboard shall establish the bounds of such village
and cause a description thereof, by its name and bounds, to be recorded in the office
of the town clerk and posted in two or more public places in such village. The residents
in such village shall thereupon become a body politic and corporate with the powers
incident to a public corporation, be known by the name given in such description,
by that name may sue and be sued, and hold and convey real and personal estate for
the use of the corporation.