Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5376
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 5376
- 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
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- 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
§ 5376. Sale of lots; tax exemption
The board of cemetery commissioners, by one of the commissioners appointed by it for that purpose, in the name of the town, by deed, may grant and convey lots in such burial grounds to be used for the permanent disposition of the dead and on which tombs, cenotaphs, and other monuments are to be erected. Such lots shall be exempt from taxation. The deeds thereof shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk of the town where such lots lie. (Amended 2021, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. January 1, 2023; 2023, No. 6, § 176, eff. July 1, 2023.)