The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 27 : Property
Chapter 007 : Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 703)-
§ 703. Estate or interest not vested in person in office or successor
A grant, conveyance, devise, or lease of real or personal estate to, or a trust of such real or personal estate for the benefit of, a person or the person’s successors in an ecclesiastical office shall not vest an estate or interest in the person or the person’s successor. Such a grant, conveyance, devise, or lease to or for the person, by the designation of the office, shall not vest an estate or interest in a successor of the person. This section shall not be deemed to admit the validity of such grant, conveyance, devise, or lease heretofore made. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 342, eff. July 1, 2023.)
