§ 931. Limitation on claims of creditors
All claims against the decedent’s estate that arose before the death of the decedent, including claims of the State and any subdivision thereof, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract, tort, or other legal basis, if not barred earlier by other statute of limitations, are barred against the estate, the legal representative of the estate, and the heirs and devisees of the decedent, unless presented within one year after the decedent’s death. Nothing in this section affects or prevents any proceeding to enforce any mortgage, pledge, or other lien upon the property of the estate. (Added 1973, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 3, 1974; amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 49; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 61 - Executors and Administrators
§ 902. Will allowed; letters to executor
§ 903. Administration; to whom granted
§ 904. Nonresident executor or administrator
§ 905. Appeal to the Civil Division of the Superior Court
§ 906. Bond; amount, conditions
§ 908. Bonds of joint administrators and executors
§ 909. Executor refusing trust or not giving bond
§ 910. When executor is a minor
§ 913. Death or removal of executor or administrator
§ 914. Power of new administrator
§ 915. Appointment of administrator to act with survivor
§ 916. Powers of administrator appointed to act with survivor
§ 917a. Termination of appointment
§ 918. One of the coexecutors disqualified, others may act
§ 919. Persons unheard from for five years; settlement of estate
§ 920. Liability of executor; rights on return
§ 921. Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator
§ 922. Powers of conservator; bond
§ 923. Termination of conservatorship
§ 924. Revocation of letters of administration—When will discovered
§ 925. Powers of executor of discovered will
§ 926. Revocation of letters not to avoid acts under them
§ 927. Executor or administrator of deceased partner—access to books
§ 928. Probate Division of the Superior Court may compel compliance
§ 929. Buildings to be kept in repair
§ 931. Limitation on claims of creditors
§ 961. Special administrator; appointment when estate jeopardized; conduct of business