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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MANNER OF CONVEYING INTERESTS IN OR AFFECTING REALTY
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 305)
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§ 305. Conveyances effected through power of attorney
(a) A deed or other conveyance of lands or of an estate or interest therein, made by virtue
of a power of attorney, shall not be of any effect or admissible in evidence unless
the power of attorney is signed, acknowledged, and recorded in the office where the
deed is required to be recorded.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall limit the enforceability of a power
of attorney which is executed in another state or jurisdiction in compliance with
the law of that state or jurisdiction. This subsection shall apply retroactively,
except that it shall not affect a suit begun or pending as of July 1, 2010. (Amended 1973, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.); 1995, No. 6, § 1, eff. March 15, 1995; 2009, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 29, 2010; 2023, No. 6, § 322, eff. July 1, 2023; 2023, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. June 6, 2024.)