Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4970
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4970
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- 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
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- 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
§ 4970. Form and effect of foreclosure deed
(a) The foreclosure deed shall be in substantially the following form:
______ of ______ County, ______ State of ______ , holder of a mortgage from ____ to ____ dated ____ , recorded in ____ Book____ at Page ____ of the Town of ____ Land Records, by the power conferred by said mortgage and every other power, for ____ dollars paid, grant to ______ , (complete mailing address) ______ , of ______ Street, Town (City) of ____ , ______ County, State of ______ , the premises conveyed by said mortgage.
(Here add acknowledgment)
(b) A deed substantially in the form set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, heirs, successors, and assigns, to their own use, with covenants on the part of the mortgagee, for himself or herself, that, at the time of the delivery of such deed, the mortgagee was duly authorized to make sale of the mortgaged property; that in all of the mortgagee’s proceedings in the sale thereof, the mortgagee has complied with the requirements of this subchapter; and that the mortgagee will warrant and defend the same to the grantee, heirs, successors, and assigns against the lawful claims of all persons claiming by, from, or under him or her. (Added 2011, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)