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
002
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EXECUTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 371)
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§ 371. Proving execution when grantor dies or leaves State
When a grantor or lessor dies or leaves the State without acknowledging the grantor’s
or lessor’s deed, the execution of the deed may be proved by the testimony of a subscribing
witness before a Justice of the Supreme Court or a Superior Judge. If all the subscribing
witnesses to the deed are dead or out of the State, the execution of the deed may
be proved before the Supreme or Superior Court by proving the handwriting of the grantor
or lessor and of a subscribing witness or adducing other evidence to the satisfaction
of the court. Such evidence entered on the deed or annexed thereto shall be equivalent
to the grantor’s or lessor’s acknowledgment of the deed. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2023, No. 6, § 326, eff. July 1, 2023.)