§ 372. Proceedings when grantor refuses to acknowledge—Summons
When a grantor or lessor refuses to acknowledge his or her deed, the grantee or lessee, or a person claiming under him or her, may apply to a district judge who shall thereupon issue a summons to the grantor or lessor to appear at a certain time and place before him or her to hear the testimony of the subscribing witnesses to the deed. Such summons, with a copy of the deed annexed, shall be served like a writ of summons, seven business days at least before the time therein assigned for proving the deed. (Amended 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 85, eff. April 9, 1974; 2017, No. 11, § 55.)
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