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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 811

  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon paper alone or by means of a wafer or wax affixed thereto. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 811. Procedure; form

A person of age and sound mind may change his or her name by making, signing, sealing, and acknowledging before the judge of the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the district in which the person resides, an instrument in the following form:

STATE OF VERMONT

____________ District. }

____________ District. }

Be it remembered, that I, A. B. of __________ in the county of _________ , will be hereafter known and called ______________ .

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this ______ day of ______ , 20 ____ .

A. B. (L. S.)

(Amended 1993, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)