Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5315
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5315
- Agencies: means town cemeteries; religious or ecclesiastical society cemeteries; cemetery associations; and any person, firm, corporation, or unincorporated association engaged in the business of a cemetery. See
- Cemetery: means any plot of ground used or intended to be used for the burial or permanent disposition of the remains of the human dead in a grave, a mausoleum, a columbarium, a vault, or other receptacle. See
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
§ 5315. Sale of property for other than burial purposes; disposition of proceeds
Either before or after the recording of the plat, as provided in this chapter, whenever it is determined that such lands acquired for cemetery purposes, except those acquired by condemnation proceedings, are unsuitable for the permanent disposition of human remains, such lands may be sold for purposes other than permanent disposition and conveyed in fee simple in such manner and upon such terms as may be provided by the agencies owning the same. The proceeds thereof shall be applied to the purchase of other lands or to general cemetery purposes. When such sales are made, the land so sold shall be returned by the agencies to the tax lists for taxation. In the case of land acquired by condemnation proceedings, it shall be disposed of under the law governing the disposal of land acquired by condemnation proceedings. (V.S. 1947, § 4021. 1947, No. 202, § 4022. P.L. § 3853. 1933, No. 49, § 16; amended 2021, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. January 1, 2023; 2023, No. 6, § 171, eff. July 1, 2023.)