Title 27, Title 27: Property

§ 705. Disposition upon death of noncorporate grantee Real estate heretofore granted, devised, or demised, for the purpose mentioned in section 704 of this title, to a person in an ecclesiastical office or orders shall be deemed to be held in trust for the benefit of the congrega…

§ 706. Reconveyance by Governor When title to such real estate vests in the State, it shall be under the charge of the Governor. Upon the Governor being satisfied that the congregation or society has become a corporation according to law, the Governor shall grant and convey the r…

§ 741. Insurance required When funds of a charitable or eleemosynary institution are invested in a mortgage on real estate, the buildings included shall be insured by the mortgagor in such company duly authorized to transact business in this state as the trustees, directors, or b…

§ 742. Payment of insurance expenses The necessary expenses of such procurement or renewal shall be paid by the mortgagor to such charitable or eleemosynary institution, and shall be a lien upon the property so mortgaged, recoverable with interest annually at the same rate as the…

§ 781. Property to vest in Vermont Baptist State Convention All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust for any Baptist church, Baptist church and society, or Baptist society, hereafter referred to as the Baptist church in this subchapter, organized under the laws of t…

§ 782. When property vests; how held A Baptist church of this State, affiliated with the Vermont Baptist State Convention aforesaid, which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services, or to use the property for religious worship or services, for two consecutive…

§ 783. Procedure for transferring property An application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member of the Vermont Baptist State Convention when duly authorized by the board of trustees or the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Vermo…

§ 784. Construction with other laws In case of conflict between the provisions of sections 781-783 of this title and special acts of the General Assembly relating to the Vermont Baptist State Convention, the provisions of such sections shall control.

§ 785. Application to nonaffiliated church The provisions of sections 781-784 of this title shall apply to any Free Will Baptist church or society not affiliated with the Vermont Baptist State Convention. However, the Superior Court shall not make any order of transfer under sect…

§ 861. Powers of trustees to hold realty The trustees of the several circuits and stations of the United Methodist Church and their successors in office shall have corporate powers, with perpetuity, for the purpose of taking and holding real or personal estate to support religiou…

§ 862. Powers of trustees to convey Such trustees and their successors in office may convey such real estate, if authorized by a majority vote of the members of a quarterly conference in the circuit or station where such estate is situated, and, by vote duly recorded, may authori…

§ 863. Powers as to campgrounds Such trustees and their successors in office may erect within their respective circuits, upon grounds used for camp meetings under the usages of such church, boarding tents for such persons as attend and furnish board and lodging during such meetin…

§ 864. Property of extinct circuits or stations All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust by any circuit or station of the United Methodist Church within the bounds of the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist church in the State of Vermont which by order of…

§ 865. Complaint to dissolve circuit or station The trustees of the Troy Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church or any member of the board of trustees, when duly authorized by a vote of the board, may apply by complaint to the Superior Court within the county where the …

§ 866. Recording decrees affecting realty When any property affected by a decree of the Superior Court as provided for in section 865 of this title is real estate, a copy of such decree duly certified by the clerk of such court shall be recorded in the land records of the town wh…

§ 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 t…

§ 902. Conveyance of property Such rector, wardens, and members of the vestry may by majority vote give, sell, and convey real or personal estate belonging to the parish when empowered to do so by a majority vote at an annual meeting of the parish or one called for that purpose, …

§ 903. Rights of parish conveying property A parish making such a conveyance to the Trustees of the Diocese of Vermont shall have no right or authority to charge the real or personal estate with any debts of the parish incurred subsequent to the making of the conveyance. Real and…

§ 904. Transfer of property of extinct parishes and missions All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust for a parish or mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which, under the canons and usages of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, ceases to exist as a …

§ 905. Procedure for transferring property Upon presentation to the Superior Court of the county in which said property is situated of a complaint signed by the Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont requesting an order transferring the title to property of any kin…

§ 941. Transfer of property of extinct churches All property of any kind belonging to or held in trust for any Universalist church and society or Universalist society, hereafter referred to as the Universalist church in this subchapter, organized under the laws of this state, whi…

§ 942. Transferred property held in trust Any Universalist church of this State affiliated with the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention, which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services, or to use the property for religious worship or services…

§ 943. Manner of effecting transfer Any application for such an order and disposition of property may be made by any member of the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention when duly authorized by the board of trustees or the executive committee of the board of trustee…

§ 944. Construction with other laws In case of conflict between the provisions of this subchapter and special acts of the General Assembly relating to the Vermont and Quebec Universalist Unitarian Convention, the provisions of this subchapter shall control.