Vermont § 5371 - Town or city to furnish headstone
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 5371 — Town or city to furnish headstone, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5371. Town or city to furnish headstone
- In case of the burial of a person not having known estate, and not having a suitable
marker or headstone erected at the person’s grave within three years after the date
of such burial, the selectboard of the town or the aldermen of a city, as the case
may be, where such person is buried, shall cause to be erected at such person’s grave,
at the expense of such town or city, a suitable marker or headstone with the inscription
thereon of the name of the deceased and dates of the deceased’s birth and death, if
the same are known. (Amended 2023, No. 6, § 175, eff
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Vermont § 5371
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Section 5371 ("Town or city to furnish headstone") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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