Vermont Statutes Annotated — Title 32 (Taxation and Finance)
32 V.S.A. § 5255
Report of sale; form
Within 30 days after such sale of the land, the collector shall make a complete return of his or her doings and file the same for record in the town clerk’s office of the town wherein such land lies, which return shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated and shall be substantially in the following form:
By virtue of a warrant (or warrants as the case may be) lawfully committed to me for the year(s) 20____ by the treasurer of the town of ____ (or by the selectboard of the town of ____ if the town has voted to collect its taxes by its collector and the tax bill annexed thereto) and the delinquent tax bill annexed thereto, I gave notice as required by law to the taxpayers of the town of ____ of the place where and the time when I would receive such taxes, and said taxpayers having failed and neglected to pay their said taxes upon such demand, on the __ day of ____ 20__ , I did extend and levy my said warrant(s) in the manner provided by law upon the following described land(s) of the following named delinquent taxpayer situated within the town, for the following described taxes due thereon, to wit:
Name of Delinquent Taxpayer Description of Land Amount of Tax
And on the __ day of ____ , 20__ , I did cause notice of the time and place of sale of the above described land(s) to be published three weeks successively in ____ a ____ newspaper circulating in the town of ___ and vicinity, for the issues of ____ , which said notice of sale therein provided that the same would be holden at ____ , a public place in the town of ____ at __ o’clock in the ____ noon, unless said land(s) was previously redeemed by the payment of said tax, and on the ___ day of _ , 20_ , I gave the delinquent taxpayer __ notice by registered mail of the time and place of such sale, and on the same date posted at __ , a public place in said town, notice of the time and place of such sale (also here insert facts as to the mortgagee, if any).
And he or she (or they) having failed and neglected to pay said taxes and costs, at
____ (place of sale) on the ___ day of ____ , 20___ at ___ o’clock in the ____ noon, the time and place set by me for said sale, pursuant to the notice thereof, I did sell so much of said land(s) as was necessary to satisfy the tax and costs thereon to ____ of ____ , for cash in the sum of ____ , he or she being the highest bidder therefor, the land and premises thus sold being particularly described as follows (here describe the lands).
From the proceeds of said sale, I did satisfy myself for my own fees and the legal costs of said sale amounting in the whole to the sum of ____ , and on the ___ day of ____ , 20___ , turned over to ____ the treasurer of the town of ____ , the sum of ____ in (part) satisfaction of the taxes due said town on said premises thus sold.
And now at ____ in said County, this ___ day of ____ , 20___ , I make return of my doings hereunder by filing the same as herein set forth with the town clerk of the town of ____ for record as provided by law.
Attest,
____
Collector of Town Taxes.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 133-5137 · Recording delinquent payments
- 133-5138 · Power of collector as to delinquent taxes
- 133-5139 · Collection of taxes by sheriff
- 133-5140 · Collection from estate of deceased
- 133-5141 · Collection from earnings of municipal employees
- 133-5142 · Delinquent taxes; interest and collection fees
- 133-5161 · Repealed
- 133-5162 · List of delinquent taxpayers
- 133-5163 · Certification
- 133-5164 · Penalties
- 133-5165 · 133-5165
- 133-5191 · Property subject to distraint
- 133-5192 · Distraint by copy
- 133-5193 · Sale on distraint
- 133-5194 · Repealed. 1979, No. 21
- 133-5221 · Commencement of action; disqualifications
- 133-5222 · Taxes collectible by action
- 133-5223 · Recognizance requirement
- 133-5224 · Trustee process
- 133-5225 · Repealed. 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 237, eff. March 29,…
- 133-5226 · Presumption of lawful assessment
- 133-5227 · Judge not disqualified
- 133-5251 · Definitions
- 133-5252 · Levy and notice of sale; securing property
- 133-5253 · Form of advertisement and notice of sale
- 133-5254 · Sale of realty
- 133-5255 · Report of sale; form
- 133-5256 · Sale of lands subject to lease
- 133-5257 · Sale of realty to satisfy personal property taxes
- 133-5258 · Fees and costs allowed after warrant and levy recorded
- 133-5259 · Municipality may acquire land on tax sale
- 133-5260 · Redemption
- 133-5261 · Deed by collector
- 133-5262 · Recording lands not redeemed
- 133-5263 · Limitation of actions against grantee in possession
- 133-5291 · Disputing validity of tax
- 133-5292 · Filing of taxpayer’s objections
- 133-5293 · Time limitation on assertion of defenses by taxpayer
- 133-5294 · Time limitations on actions or suits by taxpayer
- 133-5295 · Construction of limitation period