Vermont Statutes
Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role
§ 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment

§ 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment
When, in the erection of a line of wires, the owner or occupant of lands or tenements sustains or is likely to sustain damages thereby, the Transportation Board or the selectboard of the town, upon notice to parties interested, shall appraise such damages. The same shall be paid before the line is erected, unless petition is made to the Superior Court on the question of damages as provided in section 2512 of this title. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 30 - Public Service

Chapter 71 - Telecommunications and Electric Wires and Poles Along Highways, Railroad Tracks, and Cemeteries; Transportation Board and Selectboard Role

§ 2501. Town; duties of certain officers

§ 2502. Lines of wires along highways; wireless telecommunications facilities; broadband facilities construction; restriction

§ 2503. Location by Transportation Board or selectboard; notice

§ 2504. Transportation Board or selectboard may direct and change manner of crossing highway

§ 2505. Location near residence

§ 2506. Trees not to be injured; exception; penalty

§ 2507. Poles

§ 2508. Penalty

§ 2509. Selectboard’s powers; expense

§ 2510. Cemeteries

§ 2511. Damages; appraisal; payment

§ 2512. Appeal; proceedings

§ 2513. Lines along railroad tracks; wireless and other telecommunications facilities

§ 2514. Line to remain property of company

§ 2515. Erecting new lines

§ 2516. Expenses; repairs

§ 2517. Notice; copy

§ 2518. Restriction of right to move poles; action

§ 2519. No prescriptive rights

§ 2520. Town lines

§ 2521. Private lines

§ 2522. Transportation Board or selectboard’s control; town’s rights

§ 2523. Court may permit line to be attached to standing poles

§ 2524. Court may enforce order

§ 2525. Attachment of wires

§ 2526. Fees of certain officers

§ 2527. Penalties; injuries to trees

§ 2528. Injuries to line

§ 2529. Loitering upon telephone property; penalty

§ 2530. Telephones in public areas