§ 1413 - Debt as personalty; representative may foreclose mortgage - Vermont Statutes

§ 1413. Debt as personalty; representative may foreclose mortgage

A debt secured by mortgage belonging to the estate of a deceased person as mortgagee or assignee of the right of a mortgagee, when such mortgage was not foreclosed in the lifetime of the deceased, shall be personal assets in the hands of the executor or administrator and administered and accounted for as such. The executor or administrator may foreclose the mortgage and take possession of the mortgaged premises as the mortgagee or assignee might have done in his lifetime.