§ 371. Proving execution when grantor dies or leaves state
When a grantor or lessor dies or leaves the state without acknowledging his deed, the execution thereof may be proved by the testimony of a subscribing witness thereto before a justice of the supreme court, a superior judge or a judge of the superior court. If all the subscribing witnesses to such deed are dead or out of the state, the same may be proved before the supreme or superior court by proving the handwriting of the grantor or lessor and of a subscribing witness or adducing other evidence to the satisfaction of such court. Such evidence entered on such deed or annexed thereto shall be equivalent to the grantor’s or lessor’s acknowledgment thereof. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 5 - Conveyance of Real Estate
§ 302. Effect of oral conveyance
§ 303. Trusts concerning realty
§ 304. Assignment of lease to be by deed
§ 305. Conveyances effected through power of attorney
§ 341. Requirements generally; recording
§ 342. Acknowledgment and recording required
§ 343. Conveyance of wife’s real estate
§ 344. Conveyances of joint interests when husband under disability
§ 345. Conveyances of wife’s realty in which disabled husband has an interest
§ 346. Conveyances by corporation
§ 347. Validity of deeds executed under prior law
§ 348. Instruments concerning real property validated
§ 349. Conveyance to grantor and others
§ 350. Change in name or status of owner of real estate
§ 351. Estates and trusts; conveyances, satisfactions, grants, and releases
§ 371. Proving execution when grantor dies or leaves state
§ 372. Proceedings when grantor refuses to acknowledge—Summons
§ 374. Hearing and certificate
§ 375. Witnesses dead or out of state
§ 378. Effect of recording unacknowledged deed
§ 401. Index of deeds by county clerk; penalty
§ 402. Record in county clerk’s office
§ 403. Records when lands lie in unorganized place
§ 404. Lost instruments affecting property titles; copy recorded in another town
§ 405. Vendor to record his or her title on request
§ 406. Proceedings upon vendor’s refusal
§ 407. Commitment of vendor for refusal
§ 408. Recording subordination of liens
§ 409. Record of assignment by landlord
§ 441. Manner of mortgaging machinery
§ 442. Attachment and sale of machinery mortgaged with real estate
§ 462. By acknowledgment of payment
§ 464. Liability of mortgagee for failure to provide payoff statements and refusal to discharge
§ 464a. Discharge by licensed attorney
§ 467. When death of mortgagee not established
§ 468. —Manner of discharge by trustee or administrator
§ 469. Mortgagee corporation whose charter has expired
§ 470. Validation of mortgage discharge on one- to four-family residential property
§ 501. Reformation of interests violating rule against perpetuities
§ 502. Application of subchapter
§ 503. Effect on prior interests
§ 541. Deeds of lands held adversely
§ 543. Highways as encumbrances
§ 544. Energy devices based on renewable resources
§ 545. Covenants, conditions, and restrictions of substantial public interest
§ 546. Racially and religiously restrictive covenants in deeds prohibited
§ 602. Unbroken chain; conditions and suspension
§ 603. Successors in interest; notices of claims, filing for record
§ 605. Contents of notice of claim; recording
§ 607. Time-shares; right to cancel
§ 609. Conveyance of standing timber
§ 610. Housing subsidy covenants; enforceability
§ 611. Remediation certificates
§ 614. Transfer of stormwater discharge permits to a municipality
§ 616. Groundwater source testing; disclosure of informational material
§ 623. Validity of electronic documents
§ 625. Standards and best practices
§ 626. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act