Vermont § 602 - Unbroken chain; conditions and suspension

§ 602. Unbroken chain; conditions and suspension

• (a) A person shall be deemed to hold an unbroken chain of title to an interest in real
  estate for purposes of this subchapter when the official public records disclose: (1) a conveyance not less than 40 years in the past, properly executed and recorded according
  to law, which purports to create such interest in such person with nothing appearing
  of record during the 40-year period purporting to divest the person of the purported
  interest; or (2) a conveyance not less than 40 years in the past, executed and recorded according to
  law, which purports to create such interest in some other person and other conveyances
  or events of record by which the purported interest has become vested in the person
  first referred to, with nothing appearing of record during the 40-year period purporting
  to divest the person first referred to of such interest. (b) No absence, incapacity, disability, or lack of knowledge of any kind on the part of
  any person shall suspend the running of the 40-year period. (c) For purposes of this section, “conveyance” means any deed, lease, decree, or other
  written instrument proper on its face to transfer title to an interest in real estate
  under the laws of this State and also includes the transfer of an interest in real
  estate by inheritance or descent occasioned by death. (Added 1969, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1971, No. 14, § 16, eff. March 11, 1971.)