§ 5537 - -Heirs - Vermont Statutes

§ 5537. -Heirs

If an heir or other person entitled to such lot appears within seventeen years from the date of such decree and files a claim with the probate court which made such decree, and establishes his claim to such lot, he shall have possession of the same, or if sold, the agency shall be accountable for the avails of such sale, without interest, to the persons entitled thereto, after deducting charges and costs incurred by the agency in connection therewith. A claim not made within seventeen years shall be barred.