§ 691. Service of civil or criminal process
(a) Sheriffs and constables may serve either civil or criminal process, anywhere within the State and returnable to any court.
(b) Sheriffs and constables shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for unlawful trespass in serving either civil or criminal process, including citations, summons, subpoenas, warrants, and other court orders, provided the scope of their entrance onto the property of another is no more than necessary to effectuate the service of process. (Amended 2013, No. 49, § 2.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
§ 654. Signing of original writs
§ 662. Signing citations attached to highway petitions
§ 691. Service of civil or criminal process
§ 696. Sheriffs’ duties to receive, execute, and return writs
§ 699. Removal or resignation of sheriff
§ 700. Completion of service of process or foreclosure of mortgage or lien
§ 731. Indifferent person, appointment of
§ 732. Power of specially appointed person
§ 734. Property taken from specially appointed person by officer
§ 735. Delivery of writ; return; completion of service
§ 736. Officer’s duties and liabilities
§ 814. Partnerships and unincorporated associations—suit in firm name; service of process
§ 815. Nonabatement on change in officers or members
§ 851. Service on Secretary of State
§ 852. Fees; mailing of copy to corporation
§ 853. Doing business by particular companies without designating process agent; penalty
§ 855. Doing business as appointment of process agent
§ 858. Alternative means of service
§ 891. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as process agent