Vermont Statutes
Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions
§ 551. Minority, incapacity, or imprisonment

§ 551. Minority, incapacity, or imprisonment
(a) When a person entitled to bring an action specified in this chapter is a minor, lacks capacity to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or is imprisoned at the time the cause of action accrues, such person may bring such action within the times in this chapter respectively limited, after the disability is removed.
(b) If a person entitled to bring an action specified in this chapter becomes unable to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability after the cause of action accrues but before the statute has run, the time during which the person is unable to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability shall not be taken as a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action. (Amended 1979, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. date, see note set out below; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 45.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 12 - Court Procedure

Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions

§ 461. Actions by State

§ 462. Lands for a public, pious, or charitable use

§ 463. Counterclaims and cross-claims

§ 464. Actions specially limited by other provisions

§ 465. Limitations or waiving limitation of actions in contracts

§ 466. When action deemed commenced

§ 501. Recovery of lands

§ 502. Entry into houses or lands

§ 503. Covenant of seisin

§ 504. Covenant of warranty

§ 505. Covenants other than warranty or seisin

§ 506. Judgments

§ 507. Specialties

§ 508. Witnessed promissory note

§ 509. Evidence of debt issued by a monied corporation

§ 510. Liability of stockholders and of foreign corporations

§ 511. Civil action

§ 512. Assault and battery; false imprisonment; slander and libel; injuries to person or property

§ 513. Skiing, injuries sustained while participating in sport of

§ 514. Insufficiency of bridge

§ 515. Neglect of official duty of town clerk

§ 516. Misfeasance of sheriff or deputy

§ 517. Taxes paid under protest

§ 518. Ionizing radiation injury; latent

§ 519. Emergency medical care

§ 520. Payment of wages

§ 521. Medical malpractice

§ 522. Actions based on childhood sexual or physical abuse

§ 523. Trade secrets

§ 524. Actions based on residential building energy standards

§ 525. Actions based on discrimination

§ 551. Minority, incapacity, or imprisonment

§ 552. Absence from State

§ 553. Member of Armed Services; tolling statute of limitations

§ 554. Alien enemies in time of war

§ 555. Fraud

§ 555a. Fraudulent transfers

§ 556. Injunction staying action

§ 557. Death of party

§ 558. New action after failure of original action

§ 559. Rights not affected by a descent cast

§ 560. Childhood sexual abuse

§ 591. New promise must be in writing and signed

§ 592. Indorsement or memorandum of payment

§ 593. Joint promisors—Promise or payment by one

§ 594. Recovery where action not barred as to all