Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4934
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4934
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 4934. Supplemental judgment joining parties; recording
At any time, without further notice or service on the purchaser or mortgagor or lienholder whose interest in the property being foreclosed first arose after the filing of the complaint in the town clerk’s office, and upon filing certified copies of the deed, mortgage, or attachment with the clerk of the court by the plaintiff in the foreclosure action, any Superior judge may sign a supplemental judgment specifically naming that party. Reference to the deed, mortgage, or lien and the supplemental judgment may be filed in the town clerk’s office for record, and it shall have the same force and effect as though that person had been made a party defendant in the original action. (Added 2011, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)