Escheat when owner’s whereabouts unknown When the whereabouts of a person or his or her heirs, having legal title or color of title to a wholly unoccupied burial lot in any cemetery has been unknown for 20 years, such lot shall escheat to the agency upon petition brought by the agency and hearing and judgment had thereon as provided in sections 5534-5537 of this title.
Vermont Legal Code
§ 5533
Vermont Title 18 — Vermont law
Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/121/05533· Version 2026