Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 822

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

§ 822. Rights and interests

Conservation and preservation rights and interests shall be stated in the form of a deed restriction, right, easement, covenant, or condition. These rights and interests shall be valid, exercisable, and enforceable by the holder thereof and by the holder’s successors and assigns, against the owner of the encumbered property and the owner’s heirs, successors, and assigns, whether or not such rights or interests are appurtenant to or benefit a specific parcel of real property, and regardless of privity of contract, or lack thereof, between the holder of such rights or interests and the owner of the encumbered property. (Added 1977, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 12, 1978; amended 1987, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 49.)