Vermont Statutes
Chapter 25 - Process
§ 892. Service on Commissioner; mailing copies; fees

§ 892. Service on Commissioner; mailing copies; fees
(a) Service of process shall be made by leaving a copy of the process with a fee of $15.00 with the Commissioner, or in his or her office. Service shall be sufficient upon the person, provided that a copy of the process with the officer’s return on it, showing service upon the Commissioner as provided in this section, is sent by the plaintiff to the defendant, or the personal representative of his or her estate, by registered or certified mail, and provided further that the plaintiff’s affidavit of compliance is filed with the process in court. The Commissioner shall file copies served upon him or her as provided in this section, and show upon each copy the day and hour of service.
(b) Such manner of service shall be in addition to all existing manner of service, rights, and remedies, and the availability of such manner of service shall not make the provisions of section 552 of this title inoperative, relative to tolling of the statute of limitations. (Amended 1961, No. 134; 1969, No. 88, § 2, eff. April 18, 1969; 1989, No. 51, § 6; 2001, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 15, 2002; 2003, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 12 - Court Procedure

Chapter 25 - Process

§ 654. Signing of original writs

§ 662. Signing citations attached to highway petitions

§ 691. Service of civil or criminal process

§ 692. Deputy sheriffs

§ 693. Constables

§ 694. Disqualifications

§ 695. Receipt for process

§ 696. Sheriffs’ duties to receive, execute, and return writs

§ 697. Sheriffs’ liabilities

§ 698. Special deputations

§ 699. Removal or resignation of sheriff

§ 700. Completion of service of process or foreclosure of mortgage or lien

§ 701. Summons

§ 731. Indifferent person, appointment of

§ 732. Power of specially appointed person

§ 733. Fees

§ 734. Property taken from specially appointed person by officer

§ 735. Delivery of writ; return; completion of service

§ 736. Officer’s duties and liabilities

§ 780. Indorsement of fees

§ 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

§ 856. Service of process

§ 857. Continuance; costs

§ 858. Alternative means of service

§ 891. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as process agent

§ 892. Service on Commissioner; mailing copies; fees

§ 893. Continuances; costs

§ 913. Effect of service outside the State