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Vermont Unclaimed Property Division (Office of the State Treasurer)

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Vermont Unclaimed Property Division — Office of the State Treasurer

Agency directory page. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-02. Identifies the state agency holding escheated tax-sale and mortgage-foreclosure surplus in Vermont and how to reclaim it. See escheat-and-unclaimed-property for the doctrine and vermont for the foreclosure/surplus mechanics.

Agency

Unclaimed Property Division, Office of the Vermont State Treasurer. The Treasurer “receives unclaimed assets and safeguards them until claimed by rightful owners or heirs,” holding property in perpetuity until claimed. Vermont has adopted the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (RUUPA, 2016), codified at 27 V.S.A. ch. 18. Office: 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05609; (802) 828-2301 or (800) 642-3191. (Source: https://www.vermonttreasurer.gov/content/unclaimed-property , retrieved 2026-06-02.)

Official claim portal

https://www.vermonttreasurer.gov/content/unclaimed-property — official program page, linking to the search/claim system at https://vermont.unclaimedproperty.com/ (the state also markets a missingmoney.com-linked entry point). (Source: https://www.vermonttreasurer.gov/content/unclaimed-property and https://vermont.unclaimedproperty.com/ , retrieved 2026-06-02.) For property under $200 where the claimant is the original owner, online claims may be paid without mailing documentation; approved payments are mailed within two business days.

How surplus escheats here

Vermont is a RUUPA-2016 state (27 V.S.A. ch. 18 — see escheat-and-unclaimed-property, which lists Vermont among the early RUUPA enactors). When a Vermont tax sale (32 V.S.A. ch. 133) or mortgage foreclosure produces a surplus that the disbursing party or court cannot pay to the owner, the dormant residue is reportable to the Treasurer. The taking is custodial — held for the owner, claim not time-barred (RUUPA §§ 903, 906). Under the uniform model, court-held and government-held property carry a one-year dormancy (RUUPA § 201(9)–(10)); the general catch-all clock is three years. (Source: RUUPA text at https://legislature.maine.gov/uploads/originals/revised-uniform-unclaimed-property-act.pdf , retrieved 2026-06-02. The exact Vermont-enacted dormancy for foreclosure surplus is needs_verification against 27 V.S.A. ch. 18.)

For the upstream timeline, see the vermont page, Module 3.

Claiming

  1. Search the portal by name (vermont.unclaimedproperty.com, reachable from the Treasurer’s program page).
  2. Register/initiate the claim; for under-$200 original-owner claims, documentation may be waived. Otherwise submit proof of identity and of the right to the funds (former-owner link to the property; for an estate, personal-representative authority).
  3. No fee to file. (Source: https://www.vermonttreasurer.gov/content/unclaimed-property , retrieved 2026-06-02.)

▸ For Investors / Operators. Surplus reaching the Vermont Treasurer is a former-owner asset downstream of acquisition; it does not revive redemption or cloud title. Confirm on the vermont page how surplus is disbursed and on what clock.

▸ For Former Owners. If a Vermont foreclosure or tax sale left a surplus you never received, search your name via the Treasurer’s program page — free, held in perpetuity under RUUPA (escheat-and-unclaimed-property).

Sources

Disclaimer. Legal information, not legal advice. Verify the agency URL and dormancy period against the official Vermont Treasurer site and 27 V.S.A. ch. 18 before acting. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship.

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