2014 Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 75 - LICENSE TO SELL AND CONVEY REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Subchapter 2: LICENSES TO SELL-PROCEDURE
§ 1659 License when deceased under contract to convey; court may grant; effect of deed
§ 1659. License when deceased under contract to convey; court may grant; effect of deed
When a deceased person in his or her lifetime was under contract, binding at law or in equity, to deed lands, on application for that purpose, the probate division of the superior court may grant license to the executor or administrator of the deceased person to convey such lands according to such contract, or with such modifications as are agreed upon by the parties and approved by the court; and, if the contract is to convey lands to the executor or administrator, the judge of the court shall execute the deed. The deed, executed by the executor, administrator or judge, shall be as effectual to convey such lands as if executed by the deceased person in his or her lifetime. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
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