Vermont
No UCC fraud refusal; deed forgery/uttering felonies; no dedicated RP civil petition What the badges mean
Last verified: August 10, 2026 — confirm current text on the official site; this date is not a promise the law is unchanged.
Specific items rechecked October 3, 2026: UCC search link. October 4, 2026 (second read): 13 V.S.A. §§1801, 1802; H.645 status; South Burlington alert program.
UCC financing statements
Check if one exists
Secretary of State UCC Lien Search (moved from vtsosonline.com, which now returns 404; rechecked 2026-10-03). The official UCC page says a user account is required for online filing, and describes the UCC Lien Search as the way to run an uncertified search and a UCC-11 request for a certified search report. Check the Secretary of State's UCC fee page for current search costs.
Refusal / removal authority
Vermont has no non-uniform UCC pre-filing fraud refusal identified — only uniform mechanical grounds.
No non-uniform pre-filing authority ide…
Full citations
- No non-uniform pre-filing authority identified
There is no pre-filing content/fraud review to invoke.
If it's already filed: Information statement / §9A-9-518 / §9A-9-625.
Real-property liens
No dedicated chapter on nonconsensual common-law liens, town-clerk fraud refusal, or Texas-style owner affidavit was confirmed. 27 V.S.A. §464 concerns mortgagee payoff/discharge liability, not fraudulent liens. Live criminal tools: 13 V.S.A. §1801 (forging a deed, muniment of title, public record, etc., with intent to injure/defraud — ≤10 years and/or ≤$1,000) and §1802 (uttering a forged deed/instrument from §1801 as true, knowing it false — same). 27 V.S.A. §542 (“fraudulent deeds”) is not a title-theft cleanup statute — it voids certain conveyances as against creditors (debt-avoidance), not forged-deed owner remedies. 2026 H.645 (identity verification / secure real-property transactors) did not become law — last recorded action remains first-reading referral to House Government Operations (2026-01-13); J.R.S. 56 (Act R-375), adopted by Senate and House on 2026-05-29, directed sine die adjournment on May 29 or 30, 2026.
VT §1801
VT §1802
Full citations
- 13 V.S.A. §1801
- 13 V.S.A. §1802
Sections 1801 and 1802 are criminal offenses that prosecutors can charge. Clearing a town land record is done through a quiet-title action in court. H.645 has not become law; its last recorded action is a first-reading referral on January 13, 2026.
If it's already recorded: Felony forgery/uttering penalties; no dedicated private statutory CoA confirmed.
Real-property records are held by the town clerk where the property sits.
Get notified before it happens
A free "property fraud alert" service is available in at least part of Vermont — it emails or mails you whenever a document gets recorded against your name, so you find out right away instead of months later. Sign up for South Burlington land-records fraud alerts →
No statewide program found. South Burlington says free fraud alerts are available through the U.S. Land Records site; other towns may offer their own — ask your town clerk. Checked 2026-10-04.
How this usually works in Vermont
A summary of the tools Vermont law and filing offices provide — general information, not instructions for your facts. Confirm current practice with the filing office and talk to an attorney about your situation.
- 1Vermont's UCC Lien Search is linked on this page; certified search reports are ordered separately.
- 2Vermont has no pre-filing UCC fraud refusal and no town-clerk fraud-refusal statute.
- 327 V.S.A. §464 and debt-avoidance §542 are not forged-deed cleanup statutes.
- 4For a forged deed or instrument, Vermont's tools are the forgery and uttering offenses in 13 V.S.A. §§1801 and 1802 and quiet-title actions.
What to expect
Vermont is criminal/court-leaning on land records, with verified deed forgery/uttering felonies — still no NCCL petition or clerk refuse package. Confirm the current fee on the state's official site — filing and search fees change and are not published here.
Sources: the LienGuardAI fifty-state survey and UCC search portal review (How we verify). No dollar fee amounts are published here — always confirm the current fee on the state's own site.