Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 32, § 7451

In the absence of administration in Vermont upon the estate of a nonresident, the Commissioner may, at the request of an executor or administrator duly appointed and qualified in the state of the decedent's domicile or at the request of a donee, devisee, legatee, distributee, or grantee under a conveyance or transfer made during the grantor's lifetime, and upon satisfactory evidence furnished him or her by such executor, administrator, donee, devisee, legatee, distributee or grantee, or otherwise, determine whether or not any part of the estate of such decedent within Vermont is subject to tax under the provisions of this subchapter and may apply to the proper Probate Division of the Superior Court for the appointment of an administrator in Vermont.