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. § 2805)
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§ 2805. Municipal buildings; condemnation; procedure
(a) When the location of a municipal building is determined and lands and grounds are
needed or when a municipality votes to purchase additional lands or when, in the exercise
of any of the powers or functions authorized by its charter or bylaws, it becomes
necessary for public use and benefit to take, damage, or affect lands, and the owner
refuses to release or convey the same to such municipality for a reasonable price,
the mayor and aldermen of such city, the selectboard of such town, or the trustees
of such village or the prudential committee of such fire district shall set out the
necessary lands and cause the same to be surveyed.
(b) They shall appoint a time and place for hearing and give at least ten days’ notice
thereof before such hearing to the persons interested, either personally or by written
notice left at the residence of the owner or occupant of such lands.
(c) At such hearing they shall determine the damages sustained by such interested persons.
The damages agreed upon or assessed shall be paid or tendered to such persons before
taking possession of the lands.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking, by condemnation
proceedings, of property of any religious, charitable, or educational society, institution,
or organization, unless held, owned, or used by it for commercial purposes, without
the written consent of the trustees or governing body of such society, institution,
or organization, unless two-thirds of the voters at an annual or special meeting duly
warned for that purpose vote contrariwise.