Vermont Statutes
Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes
§ 901. Taking title to land

§ 901. Taking title to land
The rector, wardens, and members of the vestrymen of a parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church and their successors in office, elected according to the canons and usages of such church, shall have corporate powers with perpetuity for the purpose of taking and holding real or personal estate to support religious worship or for church sites, buildings, or rectories.

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 27 - Property

Chapter 7 - Property Held for Religious, Fraternal, or Charitable Purposes

§ 701. Corporate powers

§ 702. Mortgage or conveyance of property

§ 703. Estate or interest not vested in person in office or successor

§ 704. No interest vests unless grantee is a corporation

§ 705. Disposition upon death of noncorporate grantee

§ 706. Reconveyance by governor

§ 741. Insurance required

§ 742. Payment of insurance expenses

§ 781. Property to vest in Vermont Baptist State Convention

§ 782. When property vests; how held

§ 783. Procedure for transferring property

§ 784. Construction with other laws

§ 785. Application to nonaffiliated church

§ 821. Vesting of property of extinct churches

§ 822. Dissolution of church by superior court

§ 823. Property to vest in Vermont Domestic Missionary Society as trustee

§ 824. Application for dissolution

§ 825. Court order transferring property; intention of the law

§ 826. Objection to transfer

§ 827. Effect of transfer on reversionary interests or liens

§ 828. Construction with other laws

§ 829. Exceptions

§ 861. Powers of trustees to hold realty

§ 862. Powers of trustees to convey

§ 863. Powers as to campgrounds

§ 864. Property of extinct circuits or stations

§ 865. Complaint to dissolve circuit or station

§ 866. Recording decrees affecting realty

§ 901. Taking title to land

§ 902. Conveyance of property

§ 903. Rights of parish conveying property

§ 904. Transfer of property of extinct parishes and missions

§ 905. Procedure for transferring property

§ 941. Transfer of property of extinct churches

§ 942. Transferred property held in trust

§ 943. Manner of effecting transfer

§ 944. Construction with other laws