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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 501 (2026)

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Subchapter 002 : ACTIONS LIMITED

(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 501)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 55 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1968–2026 · leading case: Frances Nesti v. Agency of Transp., 2023 VT 1 (Vt. 2023).
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Frances Nesti v. Agency of Transp., 2023 VT 1 (Vt. 2023). · cites it 5× “Nesti countered that the fifteen-year statute of limitations for actions for recovery of land, 12 V.S.A. § 501, applied to each claim rather than § 511, and the continuing-tort doctrine caused her trespass and nuisance claims to continually accrue with each new runoff event,…”
Roy v. Woodstock Cmty. Trust, Inc., 94 A.3d 530 (Vt. 2014). · cites it 5× “12 V.S.A. § 501; First Congregational Church of Enosburg v.”
Cmty. Feed Store, Inc. v. Ne. Culvert Corp., 559 A.2d 1068 (Vt. 1989). · cites it 2× “2d 77, 81 (1974); *156 12 V.S.A. § 501. The difference lies in the interest claimed.”
In Re Town Hwy. No. 20 of Town of Georgia, 2003 VT 76 (Vt. 2003). · cites it 2× “The court asked Interve-nors’ lawyer to pursue the issue, but all he did was establish that his clients claimed ownership of the area and Petitioner did not. Although there is no indication of how and why Intervenors claimed ownership, the issue has been posed to us as one of…”
Ransom v. Bebernitz, 782 A.2d 1155 (Vt. 2001). · cites it 2× “2d 262, 263 (1988) (internal quotations and citations omitted); 12 V.S.A. § 501. Defendants suggest that the statute had commenced to run in 1915; however, neither Fritz nor Grace Anderson could have commenced the adverse possession of the property at that time.”
MacDonough-Webster Lodge No. 26 v. Wells, 2003 VT 70 (Vt. 2003). “Section 462 exempts properties “given, granted, sequestered or appropriated to a public, pious or charitable use, or to lands belonging to the state” from Vermont’s fifteen-year statute of limitations on ejectment actions, established by 12 V.S.A. § 501. This Court has…”
Russell v. Pare, 321 A.2d 77 (Vt. 1974). · cites it 3× “2d 654 (1970); 12 V.S.A. § 501. The doctrine derives from two separate but related theories.”
N.A.S. Holdings, Inc. v. Pafundi, 736 A.2d 780 (Vt. 1999). “2d 654, 656 (1970); 12 V.S.A. § 501. While the trial court concluded that the Pafundis’ possession of the quarry was clearly open, notorious, and hostile, the evidence was less conclusive concerning the location and continuity of the possessory acts.”
Okemo Mountain, Inc. v. Lysobey, 2005 VT 55 (Vt. 2005). “70, 73 (1930); see 12 V.S.A. § 501 (requiring that action for recovery of lands be commenced within fifteen years after cause of action accrues).”
Darling v. Ennis, 415 A.2d 228 (Vt. 1980). “12 V.S.A. § 501. The superior court’s order was based on and adopted the report of the master who heard the case.”
Okemo Mountain, Inc. v. Town of Ludlow Zoning Bd. of Adjustment, 671 A.2d 1263 (Vt. 1995). “We assume the existence of an easement to consider whether actions by Okemo may have extinguished it.”
Brown v. Whitcomb, 550 A.2d 1 (Vt. 1988). “The land had been used for farming purposes until 1965 by defendants’ predecessors in title, and used and maintained by defendants thereafter.”
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