Vermont Statutes Title 27. Property, § 463. By separate instrument

(a) Mortgages may be discharged by an acknowledgment of satisfaction, executed by the mortgagee or his or her attorney, executor, administrator, or assigns, which shall be substantially in the following form:

I hereby certify that the following described mortgage is paid in full and satisfied, viz: __________ mortgagor to __________ mortgagee, dated __________ 20_____, and recorded in book _____, page __________, of the land records of the town of _______________.

(b) When such satisfaction is acknowledged before a notary public and recorded, it shall discharge such mortgage and bar actions brought thereon.