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Bill clarifies which real-estate instruments can be validated when a referenced power of attorney cannot be found

3159510 · April 30, 2025
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Summary

Section 18 of S.109 clarifies the miscellaneous judiciary procedures bill's language on validating long-standing real-estate instruments so that a document cannot be validated if it was obtained by fraud or forgery; the change addresses situations where a deed references a power of attorney that is missing from the chain of title.

The committee reviewed a technical clarification in Section 18 of S.109 that affects how certain long-standing real-estate instruments are validated in Vermont property records.

Eric Papadzek of the Office of Legislative Council told the committee the bill clarifies that…

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