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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BAPTIST CHURCH
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 781)
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§ 781. Property to vest in Vermont Baptist State Convention
All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust for any Baptist church, Baptist
church and society, or Baptist society, hereafter referred to as the Baptist church
in this subchapter, organized under the laws of this state, which has become or shall
become extinct by death of all its members or otherwise, and which has been or shall
be at any time affiliated with the Vermont Baptist State Convention, a religious corporation
existing by virtue of No. 111 of the Acts of 1851, and engaged in religious missionary
work and in fostering weak Baptist churches in this state or connected with any Baptist
church affiliated with such Vermont Baptist State Convention, shall vest in and become
the property of such Vermont Baptist State Convention.