Vermont Statutes
Title 12 - Court Procedure

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

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

§ 514. Insufficiency of bridge - § 514. Insufficiency of bridge An action against a town...

§ 515. Neglect of official duty of town clerk - § 515. Neglect of official duty of town clerk An...

§ 516. Misfeasance of sheriff or deputy - § 516. Misfeasance of sheriff or deputy Actions against sheriffs...

§ 517. Taxes paid under protest - § 517. Taxes paid under protest An action to recover...

§ 518. Ionizing radiation injury; latent - § 518. Ionizing radiation injury; latent (a) An action to...

§ 519. Emergency medical care - § 519. Emergency medical care (a) A person who knows...

§ 520. Payment of wages - § 520. Payment of wages Actions brought on a violation...

§ 521. Medical malpractice - § 521. Medical malpractice Notwithstanding section 512 of this title,...

§ 522. Actions based on childhood sexual or physical abuse - § 522. Actions based on childhood sexual or physical abuse...

§ 523. Trade secrets - § 523. Trade secrets An action for misappropriation of trade...

§ 524. Actions based on residential building energy standards - § 524. Actions based on residential building energy standards (a)...

§ 525. Actions based on discrimination - § 525. Actions based on discrimination An action under 9...

§ 551. Minority, incapacity, or imprisonment - § 551. Minority, incapacity, or imprisonment (a) When a person...

§ 552. Absence from State - § 552. Absence from State If a person is out...

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

§ 554. Alien enemies in time of war - § 554. Alien enemies in time of war When a...

§ 555. Fraud - § 555. Fraud When a person entitled to bring a...

§ 555a. Fraudulent transfers - § 555a. Fraudulent transfers Limitations of actions with respect to...

§ 556. Injunction staying action - § 556. Injunction staying action When the commencement of an...

§ 557. Death of party - § 557. Death of party (a) If a person, by...

§ 558. New action after failure of original action - § 558. New action after failure of original action (a)...

§ 559. Rights not affected by a descent cast - § 559. Rights not affected by a descent cast The...

§ 560. Childhood sexual abuse - § 560. Childhood sexual abuse When a person entitled to...

§ 591. New promise must be in writing and signed - § 591. New promise must be in writing and signed...

§ 592. Indorsement or memorandum of payment - § 592. Indorsement or memorandum of payment This chapter shall...

§ 593. Joint promisors—Promise or payment by one - § 593. Joint promisors—Promise or payment by one When there...

§ 594. Recovery where action not barred as to all - § 594. Recovery where action not barred as to all...

Chapter 25 - Process

§ 654. Signing of original writs - § 654. Signing of original writs (a) [Repealed.] (b) The...

§ 662. Signing citations attached to highway petitions - § 662. Signing citations attached to highway petitions Superior judges...

§ 691. Service of civil or criminal process - § 691. Service of civil or criminal process (a) Sheriffs...

§ 692. Deputy sheriffs - § 692. Deputy sheriffs Deputy sheriffs shall have the same...

§ 693. Constables - § 693. Constables In the service of process, constables shall...

§ 694. Disqualifications - § 694. Disqualifications (a) An officer shall not serve a...

§ 695. Receipt for process - § 695. Receipt for process A person may demand a...

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

§ 697. Sheriffs’ liabilities - § 697. Sheriffs’ liabilities A sheriff who willfully refuses or...

§ 698. Special deputations - § 698. Special deputations (a) The sheriff may depute a...

§ 699. Removal or resignation of sheriff - § 699. Removal or resignation of sheriff A sheriff removed...

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

§ 701. Summons - § 701. Summons (a) Any law enforcement officer authorized to...

§ 731. Indifferent person, appointment of - § 731. Indifferent person, appointment of When a summons, writ,...

§ 732. Power of specially appointed person - § 732. Power of specially appointed person The person so...

§ 733. Fees - § 733. Fees When the service of any process is...

§ 734. Property taken from specially appointed person by officer - § 734. Property taken from specially appointed person by officer...

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

§ 736. Officer’s duties and liabilities - § 736. Officer’s duties and liabilities When property is taken...

§ 780. Indorsement of fees - § 780. Indorsement of fees The officer serving process shall...

§ 814. Partnerships and unincorporated associations—suit in firm name; service of process - § 814. Partnerships and unincorporated associations—suit in firm name; service...

§ 815. Nonabatement on change in officers or members - § 815. Nonabatement on change in officers or members Such...

§ 851. Service on Secretary of State - § 851. Service on Secretary of State When a foreign...

§ 852. Fees; mailing of copy to corporation - § 852. Fees; mailing of copy to corporation When process...

§ 853. Doing business by particular companies without designating process agent; penalty - § 853. Doing business by particular companies without designating process...

§ 855. Doing business as appointment of process agent - § 855. Doing business as appointment of process agent If...

§ 856. Service of process - § 856. Service of process Service of process by virtue...

§ 857. Continuance; costs - § 857. Continuance; costs The court in which the action...

§ 858. Alternative means of service - § 858. Alternative means of service As an alternative to...

§ 891. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as process agent - § 891. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as process agent The...

§ 892. Service on Commissioner; mailing copies; fees - § 892. Service on Commissioner; mailing copies; fees (a) Service...

§ 893. Continuances; costs - § 893. Continuances; costs The court in which the action...

§ 913. Effect of service outside the State - § 913. Effect of service outside the State (a) When...

Chapter 27 - Pleading and Practice

§ 1036. Comparative negligence - § 1036. Comparative negligence Contributory negligence shall not bar recovery...

§ 1037. Acceptance of inherent risks - § 1037. Acceptance of inherent risks Notwithstanding the provisions of...

§ 1038. Skiing off designated ski trails; collision; duty to report; recovery for rescue expenses - § 1038. Skiing off designated ski trails; collision; duty to...

§ 1039. Equine activities; acceptance of inherent risks - § 1039. Equine activities; acceptance of inherent risks (a) As...

§ 1040. Eminent domain; restrictions on use; conferring of private benefit; economic development - § 1040. Eminent domain; restrictions on use; conferring of private...

§ 1041. Exercise of rights to free speech and to petition government for redress of grievances; special motion to strike - § 1041. Exercise of rights to free speech and to...

§ 1042. Certificate of merit - § 1042. Certificate of merit (a) No civil action shall...

§ 1076. Release of claim for personal injury or death—disavowal of agreement - § 1076. Release of claim for personal injury or death—disavowal...

§ 1077. Tender of compensation - § 1077. Tender of compensation When an agreement is disavowed,...

Chapter 29 - Depositions and Discovery

§ 1248. Depositions to be used outside State; commissioners of other states; law governing - § 1248. Depositions to be used outside State; commissioners of...

Chapter 61 - Witnesses

§ 1601. Interest of witness; effect on qualifications and credibility - § 1601. Interest of witness; effect on qualifications and credibility...

§ 1602. When one party is dead or lacks capacity to testify due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability - § 1602. When one party is dead or lacks capacity...

§ 1603. When executor or administrator is a party - § 1603. When executor or administrator is a party When...

§ 1604. Value of property; owner as competent witness - § 1604. Value of property; owner as competent witness The...

§ 1605. Husband and wife - § 1605. Husband and wife Husband and wife shall be...

§ 1606. Religious belief - § 1606. Religious belief A person shall not be incompetent...

§ 1607. Priests and ministers - § 1607. Priests and ministers A priest or minister of...

§ 1608. Conviction of crime - § 1608. Conviction of crime A person shall not be...

§ 1609. Admissibility of written statements - § 1609. Admissibility of written statements In civil cases, a...

§ 1611. Written statements; consent of physician or parent - § 1611. Written statements; consent of physician or parent In...

§ 1612. Patient’s privilege - § 1612. Patient’s privilege (a) Confidential information privileged. Unless the...

§ 1613. Lawyer-corporate client privilege - § 1613. Lawyer-corporate client privilege Communications otherwise privileged under Rule...

§ 1614. Victim and crisis worker privilege - § 1614. Victim and crisis worker privilege (a)(1) “Crisis worker”...

§ 1615. Journalist’s privilege - § 1615. Journalist’s privilege (a) Definitions. As used in this...

§ 1623. Penalty for disobeying subpoena - § 1623. Penalty for disobeying subpoena When a person upon...

§ 1624. Mittimus to compel attendance - § 1624. Mittimus to compel attendance When it appears to...

§ 1642. Impeachment of own witness - § 1642. Impeachment of own witness When, in the opinion...

§ 1643. Expert witness - § 1643. Expert witness An expert witness may be asked...

§ 1644. Witnesses may be examined separately - § 1644. Witnesses may be examined separately On the trial...

§ 1646. Evidence of sexual conduct - § 1646. Evidence of sexual conduct (a) In a civil...

§ 1661. Attesting witnesses to wills and other instruments - § 1661. Attesting witnesses to wills and other instruments The...

§ 1662. Self incrimination—generally - § 1662. Self incrimination—generally The provisions of sections 1601-1609 and...

§ 1663. Suits or prosecutions for fraudulent conveyances - § 1663. Suits or prosecutions for fraudulent conveyances When a...

§ 1664. Immunity of witnesses - § 1664. Immunity of witnesses (a) Whenever a witness refuses,...

Chapter 63 - Records and Other Documents

§ 1691. Production of books and papers; subpoena duces tecum - § 1691. Production of books and papers; subpoena duces tecum...

§ 1691a. Procedure for production of employee personnel records - § 1691a. Procedure for production of employee personnel records (a)...

§ 1692. Certified copies of public records admissible - § 1692. Certified copies of public records admissible Unless otherwise...

§ 1693. Weather record - § 1693. Weather record A copy of the record of...

§ 1694. Municipal ordinances; references in prosecutions - § 1694. Municipal ordinances; references in prosecutions In a prosecution...

§ 1695. Records of births, civil marriages, and deaths - § 1695. Records of births, civil marriages, and deaths (a)...

§ 1696. Foreign records—births, marriages, and deaths - § 1696. Foreign records—births, marriages, and deaths A copy of...

§ 1697. Deeds, mortgages, and other public records - § 1697. Deeds, mortgages, and other public records A copy...

§ 1698. Judgments - § 1698. Judgments A copy of the record of a...

§ 1699. Foreign laws and decisions; determination by court - § 1699. Foreign laws and decisions; determination by court The...

§ 1700. Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act - § 1700. Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act (a) The...

§ 1701. Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act - § 1701. Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records...

§ 1702. Missing persons—finding of presumed death under Federal Missing Persons Act - § 1702. Missing persons—finding of presumed death under Federal Missing...

§ 1703. Report as to status - § 1703. Report as to status An official written report...

§ 1704. Finding or report as prima facie evidence - § 1704. Finding or report as prima facie evidence For...

§ 1705. HIV-related testing information - § 1705. HIV-related testing information (a) No court of this...

Chapter 81 - Conduct of Trial

§ 1901. Exclusion of public - § 1901. Exclusion of public When a cause of scandalous...

§ 1905. Eminent domain; findings of damages; instructions to jury - § 1905. Eminent domain; findings of damages; instructions to jury...

§ 1908. Burden of proof - § 1908. Burden of proof For the purpose of this...

§ 1909. Limitation of medical malpractice action based on lack of informed consent - § 1909. Limitation of medical malpractice action based on lack...

§ 1912. Expression of regret or apology by health care provider inadmissible - § 1912. Expression of regret or apology by health care...

§ 1913. Blockchain enabling - § 1913. Blockchain enabling (a) As used in this section:...

§ 1941. Jury challenges; peremptory and for cause - § 1941. Jury challenges; peremptory and for cause Upon the...

§ 1943. Confinement and care of jury - § 1943. Confinement and care of jury When the court...

§ 1944. Appointment of jury foreman - § 1944. Appointment of jury foreman In the trial of...

§ 1945. Return of jury for further consideration - § 1945. Return of jury for further consideration If the...

§ 1947. Treating jurors; new trial - § 1947. Treating jurors; new trial A verdict shall be...

§ 1948. View of premises by jury - § 1948. View of premises by jury When on the...

Chapter 85 - Costs

§ 2131. Costs in Supreme Court - § 2131. Costs in Supreme Court In all causes of...

§ 2136. Costs in Supreme and Superior Courts when nominal damages are recovered - § 2136. Costs in Supreme and Superior Courts when nominal...

§ 2137. Costs exceeding damages - § 2137. Costs exceeding damages Unless the plaintiff recovers more...

§ 2139. Tender of confession of judgment - § 2139. Tender of confession of judgment When a debtor,...

§ 2142. Apportioning costs in case of several issues or claims - § 2142. Apportioning costs in case of several issues or...

§ 2143. Actions which might have been joined - § 2143. Actions which might have been joined If more...

§ 2144. Two judgments at one term; motion to chancer or redeem - § 2144. Two judgments at one term; motion to chancer...

§ 2145. Action on receipt for property levied upon - § 2145. Action on receipt for property levied upon Costs...

§ 2146. Account which might have been adjusted in former action - § 2146. Account which might have been adjusted in former...

§ 2147. Action on judgment upon which execution might have issued - § 2147. Action on judgment upon which execution might have...

§ 2148. Consolidation of actions against directors - § 2148. Consolidation of actions against directors (a) In all...

§ 2150. Actions on negotiable paper or nonnegotiable choses in action - § 2150. Actions on negotiable paper or nonnegotiable choses in...

§ 2151. When defendant pleads bankruptcy and prevails - § 2151. When defendant pleads bankruptcy and prevails In actions...

§ 2152. Penalty for taxing or taking illegal costs or fees - § 2152. Penalty for taxing or taking illegal costs or...

Chapter 101 - New Trials; Appeals for Fraud, Accident, or Mistake

§ 2357. Appeals in probate proceedings—Fraud, accident, or mistake - § 2357. Appeals in probate proceedings—Fraud, accident, or mistake When...

§ 2358. Service of petition; time limitation - § 2358. Service of petition; time limitation The petition shall...

§ 2362. Recognizance on petition to enter an appeal - § 2362. Recognizance on petition to enter an appeal A...

§ 2363. Stay of proceedings; bail and liens not affected - § 2363. Stay of proceedings; bail and liens not affected...

§ 2365. Copy of process and recognizance to be filed - § 2365. Copy of process and recognizance to be filed...

§ 2366. Failure to prosecute petition - § 2366. Failure to prosecute petition If the petition is...

Chapter 102 - Appellate Procedure

§ 2383. Time for filing notice of appeal - § 2383. Time for filing notice of appeal Except as...

§ 2386. Passing causes before final judgment - § 2386. Passing causes before final judgment (a) Before final...

Chapter 103 - Passing Causes to Supreme Court

§ 2422. Appeal by State - § 2422. Appeal by State In a suit or prosecution...

§ 2432. Passing causes to Supreme Court; recognizance in ejectment cases - § 2432. Passing causes to Supreme Court; recognizance in ejectment...

Chapter 105 - Writs of Error

§ 2497. Limitation of time for proceedings in certiorari - § 2497. Limitation of time for proceedings in certiorari Proceedings...

Chapter 107 - Appeals From Probate Court

§ 2551. Supreme Court jurisdiction of probate proceedings in Superior Courts - § 2551. Supreme Court jurisdiction of probate proceedings in Superior...

§ 2553. Appeals to Civil Division; appellate jurisdiction - § 2553. Appeals to Civil Division; appellate jurisdiction The Civil...

§ 2555. Appeal to Civil Division - § 2555. Appeal to Civil Division Except as otherwise provided,...

§ 2556. Appeal from commissioners - § 2556. Appeal from commissioners (a) In the two following...

§ 2561. Appeal by creditor, devisee, legatee or heir - § 2561. Appeal by creditor, devisee, legatee or heir When...

§ 2567. Costs on appeal - § 2567. Costs on appeal If costs are taxed against...

Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution

§ 2681. Executions in Supreme and Superior Courts; time - § 2681. Executions in Supreme and Superior Courts; time (a)...

§ 2682. Names of attorneys to be indorsed - § 2682. Names of attorneys to be indorsed The name...

§ 2683. Executions on judgments of District Courts; time - § 2683. Executions on judgments of District Courts; time Executions...

§ 2684. Collection of execution enjoined, time not reckoned - § 2684. Collection of execution enjoined, time not reckoned When...

§ 2685. Continuance of subsequent attachments - § 2685. Continuance of subsequent attachments If attached property is...

§ 2686. Execution for subsequent attaching creditor - § 2686. Execution for subsequent attaching creditor (a) When a...

§ 2688. Officer to endorse time of receiving; preference - § 2688. Officer to endorse time of receiving; preference When...

§ 2689. Officer to demand payment - § 2689. Officer to demand payment Such officer shall repair...

§ 2690. Appointment of agent of creditor - § 2690. Appointment of agent of creditor When an execution...

§ 2691. Executions against trustees of colleges or proprietors of undivided lands - § 2691. Executions against trustees of colleges or proprietors of...

§ 2692. Invalid and informal levies—New execution - § 2692. Invalid and informal levies—New execution When an execution...

§ 2693. When costs not allowed - § 2693. When costs not allowed When it appears that...

§ 2695. Defective execution on real estate; application - § 2695. Defective execution on real estate; application Where an...

§ 2696. Levy valid if affirmed or action not brought - § 2696. Levy valid if affirmed or action not brought...

§ 2697. Costs - § 2697. Costs Costs may be taxed for either party...

§ 2731. Levy on personal property - § 2731. Levy on personal property When the execution with...

§ 2732. Goods, effects, and credits held by third person - § 2732. Goods, effects, and credits held by third person...

§ 2733. Advertisement - § 2733. Advertisement (a) The officer shall forthwith advertise the...

§ 2734. Sale - § 2734. Sale When the debtor does not satisfy the...

§ 2735. Application of proceeds - § 2735. Application of proceeds The monies arising from such...

§ 2736. Penalty for not paying to creditor - § 2736. Penalty for not paying to creditor An officer...

§ 2737. Officer’s return - § 2737. Officer’s return The officer serving the execution shall...

§ 2738. Action against officer for fraud or collusion - § 2738. Action against officer for fraud or collusion When...

§ 2739. United States currency - § 2739. United States currency United States currency may be...

§ 2740. Goods and chattels; exemptions from - § 2740. Goods and chattels; exemptions from The goods or...

§ 2742. Security by creditor in case of doubt as to ownership or liability of chattels to attachment or execution - § 2742. Security by creditor in case of doubt as...

§ 2743. Executions against municipal corporations—To issue against goods or chattels of inhabitants - § 2743. Executions against municipal corporations—To issue against goods or...

§ 2744. Demand; payment from municipal funds - § 2744. Demand; payment from municipal funds The officer who...

§ 2745. Levy when not paid - § 2745. Levy when not paid If the execution or...

§ 2746. Payment by inhabitant whose property is taken - § 2746. Payment by inhabitant whose property is taken An...

§ 2747. Recovery against municipality - § 2747. Recovery against municipality Such inhabitant shall be entitled...

§ 2781. Real estate which may be taken - § 2781. Real estate which may be taken Houses, lands,...

§ 2782. Real estate defined - § 2782. Real estate defined The words “real estate” as...

§ 2783. Officer may lodge copy in clerk’s office - § 2783. Officer may lodge copy in clerk’s office When...

§ 2784. Estate held five months - § 2784. Estate held five months The real estate thus...

§ 2785. Estate in joint tenancy - § 2785. Estate in joint tenancy When the real estate...

§ 2786. Sale of real estate on execution; public auction - § 2786. Sale of real estate on execution; public auction...

§ 2787. Notice, advertisement, and sale - § 2787. Notice, advertisement, and sale The officer levying the...

§ 2788. Notice to subsequent attaching or levying creditor - § 2788. Notice to subsequent attaching or levying creditor When...

§ 2789. Adjournment; manner of sale - § 2789. Adjournment; manner of sale For good cause, the...

§ 2790. Officer’s deed to purchaser; effect - § 2790. Officer’s deed to purchaser; effect The officer selling...

§ 2791. Return of execution - § 2791. Return of execution The officer commencing proceedings for...

§ 2792. Form of deed; costs - § 2792. Form of deed; costs The deed executed by...

§ 2793. Form where attached on original writ - § 2793. Form where attached on original writ When such...

§ 2794. Execution upon real estate; homestead a part - § 2794. Execution upon real estate; homestead a part When...

§ 2795. When encumbered by mortgage - § 2795. When encumbered by mortgage When a right of...

§ 2796. Redemption—Bond; writ of possession; accounting by purchaser for rents and profits - § 2796. Redemption—Bond; writ of possession; accounting by purchaser for...

§ 2797. Rents, profits, and waste; appraisal; collection - § 2797. Rents, profits, and waste; appraisal; collection When the...

§ 2798. Redemption when purchaser in possession; bond; writ of possession when debtor remains in possession - § 2798. Redemption when purchaser in possession; bond; writ of...

§ 2799. Costs - § 2799. Costs When the debtor fails to redeem such...

§ 2800. Certificate of redemption - § 2800. Certificate of redemption When the debtor redeems the...

§ 2801. Levy on rents, issues, and profits—What may be taken - § 2801. Levy on rents, issues, and profits—What may be...

§ 2802. Officer to lodge copy in clerk’s office; notice to tenant - § 2802. Officer to lodge copy in clerk’s office; notice...

§ 2803. Return of tenant - § 2803. Return of tenant Within 15 days from the...

§ 2804. Sale; notice; disposition of proceeds - § 2804. Sale; notice; disposition of proceeds After receiving such...

§ 2805. Conveyance; tenant shall attorn - § 2805. Conveyance; tenant shall attorn Within five days from...

§ 2806. Redemption by debtor - § 2806. Redemption by debtor At any time after such...

§ 2807. Failure of tenant to make return; sale; writ of possession - § 2807. Failure of tenant to make return; sale; writ...

§ 2808. Fraudulent conveyance of real estate—Application to Superior Court by levying creditors - § 2808. Fraudulent conveyance of real estate—Application to Superior Court...

§ 2809. Proceedings to extend lien - § 2809. Proceedings to extend lien Within the five months...

§ 2810. Record of decree - § 2810. Record of decree A copy of the final...

Chapter 113 - Judgment Lien

§ 2901. Creation of judgment lien - § 2901. Creation of judgment lien A final judgment issued...

§ 2902. Relation to other remedies - § 2902. Relation to other remedies The lien created by...

§ 2903. Duration and effectiveness - § 2903. Duration and effectiveness (a) A judgment lien shall...

§ 2904. Recording - § 2904. Recording A judgment creditor may record a judgment...

§ 2905. Discharge of judgment lien - § 2905. Discharge of judgment lien A judgment lien shall...

Chapter 121 - Trustee Process

§ 3011. Actions - § 3011. Actions Trustee process may be used in any...

§ 3012. Tort actions; arrest - § 3012. Tort actions; arrest (a) [Repealed.] (b) A person...

§ 3013. Who may be summoned as trustee generally; property subject to process - § 3013. Who may be summoned as trustee generally; property...

§ 3014. Maker or indorser of negotiable paper; exemptions - § 3014. Maker or indorser of negotiable paper; exemptions Negotiable...

§ 3015. Executor or administrator - § 3015. Executor or administrator A debt or legacy due...

§ 3016. Nonresidents summoned as trustees - § 3016. Nonresidents summoned as trustees A person shall not...

§ 3017. Foreign railroad corporations as trustees - § 3017. Foreign railroad corporations as trustees A foreign railroad...

§ 3018. Debts absolutely due, but not payable - § 3018. Debts absolutely due, but not payable Any money...

§ 3019. Debts contingent; judgment subject to execution - § 3019. Debts contingent; judgment subject to execution A person...

§ 3020. Exemptions from trustee process generally - § 3020. Exemptions from trustee process generally The following named...

§ 3021. Debts reduced by sums owing defendant’s workmen - § 3021. Debts reduced by sums owing defendant’s workmen In...

§ 3022. Assignment of future earnings; validity as against trustee process; recording - § 3022. Assignment of future earnings; validity as against trustee...

§ 3023. Proceeds of property exempt from attachment - § 3023. Proceeds of property exempt from attachment Except as...

§ 3024. Debt for property in part exempt - § 3024. Debt for property in part exempt When the...

§ 3025. Proceeds of exempt property held for taxes - § 3025. Proceeds of exempt property held for taxes Sections...

§ 3062. Default of trustee—Adjudgment as trustee - § 3062. Default of trustee—Adjudgment as trustee When a person...

§ 3063. Amount of judgment; execution - § 3063. Amount of judgment; execution When a person is...

§ 3064. Sworn disclosure; general denial; examination; discharge - § 3064. Sworn disclosure; general denial; examination; discharge When an...

§ 3065. Admission; statement of facts - § 3065. Admission; statement of facts When an alleged trustee...

§ 3066. Answers and statements of trustee not conclusive - § 3066. Answers and statements of trustee not conclusive The...

§ 3067. Trial of issues by jury or court - § 3067. Trial of issues by jury or court Questions...

§ 3068. Disclosure before judge in Superior Court action - § 3068. Disclosure before judge in Superior Court action A...

§ 3069. Corporations summoned as trustees - § 3069. Corporations summoned as trustees A corporation may appear...

§ 3070. Commissioners—Appointment - § 3070. Commissioners—Appointment When a person summoned as trustee in...

§ 3071. Powers and duties of commissioner - § 3071. Powers and duties of commissioner A commissioner may...

§ 3072. Taking and return of disclosure - § 3072. Taking and return of disclosure The commissioner shall...

§ 3073. Judgment on disclosure and commissioner’s report - § 3073. Judgment on disclosure and commissioner’s report When the...

§ 3074. Disclosure not evidence in a prosecution - § 3074. Disclosure not evidence in a prosecution The disclosure...

§ 3075. Value less than $10.00; discharge of trustee; costs - § 3075. Value less than $10.00; discharge of trustee; costs...

§ 3076. Trustee liable only for balance due - § 3076. Trustee liable only for balance due A trustee...

§ 3077. Payments by trustee after service - § 3077. Payments by trustee after service When, after service...

§ 3078. Judgment on money demands—Amount; when payable - § 3078. Judgment on money demands—Amount; when payable When a...

§ 3079. Liability of trustee on failure to pay - § 3079. Liability of trustee on failure to pay When...

§ 3080. Execution against trustee - § 3080. Execution against trustee When a person is adjudged...

§ 3081. Judgment against trustee; effect on defendant’s demand - § 3081. Judgment against trustee; effect on defendant’s demand The...

§ 3082. Discharge of trustee; effect on defendant’s demand - § 3082. Discharge of trustee; effect on defendant’s demand When...

§ 3083. Costs—Allowed to trustee - § 3083. Costs—Allowed to trustee When a person summoned as...

§ 3084. Retention out of funds in trustee’s hands - § 3084. Retention out of funds in trustee’s hands When...

§ 3085. Retention of property until costs paid - § 3085. Retention of property until costs paid When a...

§ 3086. Judgment for costs of discharged trustee - § 3086. Judgment for costs of discharged trustee When the...

§ 3087. Recognizance for trustee’s costs - § 3087. Recognizance for trustee’s costs The plaintiff in a...

§ 3088. Plaintiff’s costs not to exceed damages - § 3088. Plaintiff’s costs not to exceed damages The plaintiff...

§ 3121. Specific property—Delivery to officer; sale; application of proceeds - § 3121. Specific property—Delivery to officer; sale; application of proceeds...

§ 3122. Value as between trustee and defendant - § 3122. Value as between trustee and defendant The value...

§ 3123. Contract as to delivery; tender - § 3123. Contract as to delivery; tender A person summoned...

§ 3124. Delivery of tendered property to officer - § 3124. Delivery of tendered property to officer The property...

§ 3125. Payment of trustee’s claim by creditor - § 3125. Payment of trustee’s claim by creditor When it...

§ 3126. Performance of contract or condition by creditor - § 3126. Performance of contract or condition by creditor When...

§ 3127. Reimbursement of creditor from proceeds of sale - § 3127. Reimbursement of creditor from proceeds of sale Personal...

§ 3128. Disposal of property by trustee before payment or tender - § 3128. Disposal of property by trustee before payment or...

§ 3129. Trustee’s liability on refusal to deliver property - § 3129. Trustee’s liability on refusal to deliver property When...

§ 3130. Trustee not liable for destruction of property without his or her fault - § 3130. Trustee not liable for destruction of property without...

§ 3131. Defense of trustee sued for not delivering property - § 3131. Defense of trustee sued for not delivering property...

§ 3132. Claims of third persons—Appearance; notice - § 3132. Claims of third persons—Appearance; notice When it appears...

§ 3133. Third person as party; recognizance; trial of title - § 3133. Third person as party; recognizance; trial of title...

§ 3134. Costs - § 3134. Costs When such claimant is so admitted, the...

§ 3135. Death of trustee—Attachment not discharged; liability of representative - § 3135. Death of trustee—Attachment not discharged; liability of representative...

§ 3136. Representative may appear or be cited - § 3136. Representative may appear or be cited When the...

§ 3137. Default for nonappearance after notice - § 3137. Default for nonappearance after notice When, after notice,...

§ 3138. Representative to pay on execution if trustee dies after judgment - § 3138. Representative to pay on execution if trustee dies...

§ 3139. Plaintiff’s remedy when representative does not pay - § 3139. Plaintiff’s remedy when representative does not pay When...

§ 3140. Pending action against trustee—Action to proceed; continuance for judgment - § 3140. Pending action against trustee—Action to proceed; continuance for...

§ 3141. Application for continuance; effect of denial - § 3141. Application for continuance; effect of denial On application...

§ 3142. Payment made on judgment in trustee action allowed - § 3142. Payment made on judgment in trustee action allowed...

§ 3143. Fraudulent conveyance and assignment—Trustee with title void as to creditors; examination - § 3143. Fraudulent conveyance and assignment—Trustee with title void as...

§ 3144. Execution against trustee; arrest - § 3144. Execution against trustee; arrest An execution shall issue...

§ 3145. Validity of sale or assignment may be inquired into - § 3145. Validity of sale or assignment may be inquired...

§ 3146. Mortgagor of personal property summoned as trustee of mortgagee—Mortgagee defined - § 3146. Mortgagor of personal property summoned as trustee of...

§ 3147. Attachment of mortgagee’s interest - § 3147. Attachment of mortgagee’s interest When a mortgagor of...

§ 3148. Held to satisfy execution against trustee - § 3148. Held to satisfy execution against trustee The property...

§ 3149. Mortgagee not to sell attached property - § 3149. Mortgagee not to sell attached property The mortgagee...

§ 3150. Purchaser’s title in property sold on execution - § 3150. Purchaser’s title in property sold on execution Property...

§ 3151. Trustee may file bond and sell property - § 3151. Trustee may file bond and sell property When...

§ 3152. Mortgagee may file bond and release property - § 3152. Mortgagee may file bond and release property When...

§ 3153. Action by assignee of negotiable paper after judgment against maker—Pleading judgment in bar; citation of plaintiff in trustee action - § 3153. Action by assignee of negotiable paper after judgment...

§ 3154. Court to decide to whom judgment belongs - § 3154. Court to decide to whom judgment belongs The...

§ 3155. Proceedings if judgment belongs to assignee - § 3155. Proceedings if judgment belongs to assignee When the...

§ 3156. Mode of trial; costs - § 3156. Mode of trial; costs Either party may have...

§ 3166. Compensation assignments, employer acceptance required - § 3166. Compensation assignments, employer acceptance required (a) If the...

§ 3167. Enforcement of money judgments; trustee process against earnings - § 3167. Enforcement of money judgments; trustee process against earnings...

§ 3168. Motion for issuance of trustee process; scheduling and notice of hearing - § 3168. Motion for issuance of trustee process; scheduling and...

§ 3169. Hearing on motion; findings; order - § 3169. Hearing on motion; findings; order (a) At the...

§ 3170. Exemptions; issuance of order - § 3170. Exemptions; issuance of order (a) No order approving...

§ 3171. Service of order; liability of trustee - § 3171. Service of order; liability of trustee (a) The...

§ 3172. Employee protected - § 3172. Employee protected No employee may be discharged from...

Chapter 123 - Attachment of Property

§ 3251. Attachment or levy of execution by filing - § 3251. Attachment or levy of execution by filing When...

§ 3252. Recording by clerk - § 3252. Recording by clerk When a copy of a...

§ 3255. Taking possession with or without filing - § 3255. Taking possession with or without filing (a) An...

§ 3256. Custody of attached property; penalties - § 3256. Custody of attached property; penalties When an officer...

§ 3257. Buildings erected by mortgagor or lessee - § 3257. Buildings erected by mortgagor or lessee An officer...

§ 3291. Service of copies of attachment - § 3291. Service of copies of attachment When real estate...

§ 3292. Recording by town or Superior clerk - § 3292. Recording by town or Superior clerk When a...

§ 3293. Discharge of attachment lien - § 3293. Discharge of attachment lien (a) When an attachment...

§ 3294. Liability for refusal to discharge attachment lien - § 3294. Liability for refusal to discharge attachment lien When...

§ 3295. Attachment of real estate and personal property - § 3295. Attachment of real estate and personal property A...

§ 3331. Subsequent attaching creditors of real or personal property permitted to defend - § 3331. Subsequent attaching creditors of real or personal property...

§ 3332. Admissions of defendant - § 3332. Admissions of defendant When a creditor has so...

§ 3333. Costs when plaintiff recovers in full - § 3333. Costs when plaintiff recovers in full When the...

§ 3334. Costs when plaintiff recovers in part - § 3334. Costs when plaintiff recovers in part When such...

§ 3351. Attachment, taking in execution, and sale - § 3351. Attachment, taking in execution, and sale Personal property...

§ 3352. Statement of secured debt - § 3352. Statement of secured debt The officer making such...

§ 3353. Payment of debt if due - § 3353. Payment of debt if due When such debt...

§ 3354. Payment of debt becoming due before sale - § 3354. Payment of debt becoming due before sale When...

§ 3355. Payment of debt not due - § 3355. Payment of debt not due When such debt...

§ 3356. Subrogation of creditor by payment - § 3356. Subrogation of creditor by payment When such creditor...

§ 3357. Sale of property subject to mortgage, pledge, or lien - § 3357. Sale of property subject to mortgage, pledge, or...

§ 3358. Subrogation of purchaser - § 3358. Subrogation of purchaser When a mortgagor, pledgor, or...

§ 3359. Property subject to conditional sales contract—Attachment and execution - § 3359. Property subject to conditional sales contract—Attachment and execution...

§ 3360. Proceeds of sale - § 3360. Proceeds of sale The officer making such attachment...

§ 3361. Defense in action by vendor - § 3361. Defense in action by vendor If the vendor...

§ 3362. Mortgagee taking possession; foreclosure of mortgage, pledge, or lien - § 3362. Mortgagee taking possession; foreclosure of mortgage, pledge, or...

§ 3363. Property in hands of bailee—Taking of reversionary interest of lessor, bailor, pledgor, or other owner - § 3363. Property in hands of bailee—Taking of reversionary interest...

§ 3364. Service of process on person holding property - § 3364. Service of process on person holding property A...

§ 3365. Sale of reversionary interest - § 3365. Sale of reversionary interest The reversionary interest in...

§ 3401. Sale by consent of parties - § 3401. Sale by consent of parties When goods or...

§ 3402. Attachment after advertisement - § 3402. Attachment after advertisement After the property is advertised...

§ 3403. Perishable property—Notice of sale; appraisers - § 3403. Perishable property—Notice of sale; appraisers (a) When an...

§ 3404. Duties of appraisers; sale - § 3404. Duties of appraisers; sale The appraisers shall examine...

§ 3405. Return of sale - § 3405. Return of sale When an attaching officer sells...

§ 3406. Delivery of property to defendant on giving security - § 3406. Delivery of property to defendant on giving security...

§ 3407. Officer to account for appraised value - § 3407. Officer to account for appraised value Such officer...

§ 3408. Sale after return of process - § 3408. Sale after return of process After the process...

§ 3409. Officer’s return - § 3409. Officer’s return When an officer sells property as...

§ 3410. Deposit or investment of proceeds - § 3410. Deposit or investment of proceeds When property is...

Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances

§ 3471. Bail or recognizance as including surety bond - § 3471. Bail or recognizance as including surety bond The...

§ 3472. Surety bond in lieu of recognizance - § 3472. Surety bond in lieu of recognizance Whenever in...

§ 3473. Insufficiency of recognizance or bail; order for new bail - § 3473. Insufficiency of recognizance or bail; order for new...

§ 3474. Release of bail for misrepresentations, etc - § 3474. Release of bail for misrepresentations, etc When it...

§ 3476. Rights of bail—Bailpiece in bastardy proceedings - § 3476. Rights of bail—Bailpiece in bastardy proceedings When a...

§ 3477. Warrant thereon - § 3477. Warrant thereon Upon presentation of a bailpiece to...

§ 3478. Use of warrant - § 3478. Use of warrant When he has occasion to...

§ 3479. Commitment of principal - § 3479. Commitment of principal The officer apprehending the principal...

§ 3482. Principal delivered in bastardy proceedings - § 3482. Principal delivered in bastardy proceedings A surety on...

§ 3483. Commitment of principal - § 3483. Commitment of principal When the principal is delivered...

§ 3484. Surety may have warrant - § 3484. Surety may have warrant A surety in a...

§ 3521. Imprisonment for debt abolished - § 3521. Imprisonment for debt abolished No person shall be...

§ 3571. Place of commitment - § 3571. Place of commitment When a person authorized to...

§ 3572. Manner of commitment - § 3572. Manner of commitment The officer committing a prisoner...

§ 3574. Penalty for not delivering copy - § 3574. Penalty for not delivering copy An officer who...

§ 3577. Privilege from arrest - § 3577. Privilege from arrest (a) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor,...

§ 3578. Pleading privilege from arrest - § 3578. Pleading privilege from arrest (a) When a person...

§ 3579. Detaining public carrier to make arrest; penalties - § 3579. Detaining public carrier to make arrest; penalties (a)...

§ 3580. Escapes—Jailer to keep prisoner - § 3580. Escapes—Jailer to keep prisoner The keeper of a...

§ 3581. Liability for escapes - § 3581. Liability for escapes Such keeper shall be liable...

§ 3582. County answerable if jail insufficient - § 3582. County answerable if jail insufficient When an escape...

§ 3585. Defense and recovery in action on escape - § 3585. Defense and recovery in action on escape In...

§ 3689. Application for discharge; hearing; oath - § 3689. Application for discharge; hearing; oath When the petition...

§ 3690. Effect of discharge - § 3690. Effect of discharge Upon taking such oath, the...

Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus

§ 3951. Unlawful restraint - § 3951. Unlawful restraint A person shall not be restrained...

§ 3952. Prisoners entitled to writ of habeas corpus - § 3952. Prisoners entitled to writ of habeas corpus A...

§ 3953. Authority to grant writ; complaint - § 3953. Authority to grant writ; complaint Such writ may...

§ 3954. Copy of process annexed to complaint - § 3954. Copy of process annexed to complaint When the...

§ 3955. Complaint to be sworn to - § 3955. Complaint to be sworn to The facts set...

§ 3956. Issue and return of writ - § 3956. Issue and return of writ Without delay, such...

§ 3957. Signing of writ - § 3957. Signing of writ When the writ is issued...

§ 3958. Return after court adjourns; procedure - § 3958. Return after court adjourns; procedure When the court...

§ 3959. Designation of person to be served - § 3959. Designation of person to be served The person...

§ 3960. Designation of prisoner - § 3960. Designation of prisoner The prisoner to be produced...

§ 3961. Pay for transporting prisoner - § 3961. Pay for transporting prisoner When the prisoner is...

§ 3962. When a person to be served is not an officer - § 3962. When a person to be served is not...

§ 3963. Receipt and return of writ; notice to State’s Attorney or Attorney General - § 3963. Receipt and return of writ; notice to State’s...

§ 3964. Return of statement as to custody and authority - § 3964. Return of statement as to custody and authority...

§ 3965. Return to be signed and sworn to; exception - § 3965. Return to be signed and sworn to; exception...

§ 3966. Prisoner brought unless sick - § 3966. Prisoner brought unless sick The person who makes...

§ 3967. Examination in case of sick prisoner - § 3967. Examination in case of sick prisoner When the...

§ 3968. Examination; time; adjournment - § 3968. Examination; time; adjournment When the writ is returned,...

§ 3969. Notice of examination - § 3969. Notice of examination When it appears that the...

§ 3970. Prisoner charged with crime, notice to State’s Attorney - § 3970. Prisoner charged with crime, notice to State’s Attorney...

§ 3971. Pleading; hearing - § 3971. Pleading; hearing The prisoner may deny any of...

§ 3972. Discharge; decision and record - § 3972. Discharge; decision and record When legal cause is...

§ 3973. Bail - § 3973. Bail When the prisoner is detained for a...

§ 3974. Remand of prisoner - § 3974. Remand of prisoner When the prisoner is lawfully...

§ 3975. Custody pending judgment - § 3975. Custody pending judgment Until the judgment is given,...

§ 3976. Refusal to receive or obey and execute writ—Contempt proceedings - § 3976. Refusal to receive or obey and execute writ—Contempt...

§ 3977. Precept to another officer or person - § 3977. Precept to another officer or person Upon such...

§ 3978. Penalty for not executing writ - § 3978. Penalty for not executing writ A person neglecting...

§ 3979. Confinement for contempt—Issuance and return of writ - § 3979. Confinement for contempt—Issuance and return of writ When...

§ 3980. Discharge of person confined for contempt - § 3980. Discharge of person confined for contempt When it...

§ 3981. Bond - § 3981. Bond The Supreme Court may order the person...

§ 3982. Penalty for attempting to elude service - § 3982. Penalty for attempting to elude service Whether a...

§ 3983. Recovery of penalty not bar to further suit - § 3983. Recovery of penalty not bar to further suit...

§ 3984. Imprisonment for same cause after discharge - § 3984. Imprisonment for same cause after discharge A person...

§ 3985. Habeas corpus to bring respondent or witness into court - § 3985. Habeas corpus to bring respondent or witness into...

Chapter 161 - Action for an Accounting

§ 4251. Actions for accounting—jury - § 4251. Actions for accounting—jury The Superior Court shall have...

§ 4252. Items belonging to, tried in book account - § 4252. Items belonging to, tried in book account On...

§ 4253. Failure of defendant to appear; consequence - § 4253. Failure of defendant to appear; consequence In an...

§ 4254. Defense before auditor - § 4254. Defense before auditor The judgment to account in...

§ 4255. Hearing by court; auditors - § 4255. Hearing by court; auditors When judgment to account...

§ 4256. Hearing by auditors; report; judgment - § 4256. Hearing by auditors; report; judgment Such auditors shall...

§ 4257. Actions between partners, coparceners, or tenants in common - § 4257. Actions between partners, coparceners, or tenants in common...

Chapter 163 - Chancery Proceedings

§ 4447. Damages on final judgment - § 4447. Damages on final judgment When an injunction has...

§ 4481. Receivers of goods attached - § 4481. Receivers of goods attached When the stock in...

§ 4482. Notice of motion or complaint - § 4482. Notice of motion or complaint Notice shall be...

§ 4483. Receiver’s bond - § 4483. Receiver’s bond Before an order issues for him...

§ 4484. Order for possession - § 4484. Order for possession Upon receipt of such bond,...

§ 4485. Borrowing money - § 4485. Borrowing money The presiding judge of the Superior...

§ 4601. Appeals in foreclosure actions - § 4601. Appeals in foreclosure actions When a judgment is...

§ 4631. Mediation program established - § 4631. Mediation program established (a) This subchapter establishes a...

§ 4632. Opportunity to mediate - § 4632. Opportunity to mediate (a) In an action for...

§ 4633. Mediation - § 4633. Mediation (a) During all mediations under this subchapter:...

§ 4634. Mediation report - § 4634. Mediation report (a) Within seven days of the...

§ 4635. Compliance with obligations - § 4635. Compliance with obligations (a) Upon receipt of a...

§ 4637. No waiver of rights; costs of mediation - § 4637. No waiver of rights; costs of mediation (a)...

Chapter 165 - Confession of Judgment

§ 4671. Justice may take confession of judgment - § 4671. Justice may take confession of judgment A justice...

§ 4672. Effect on attachments - § 4672. Effect on attachments A judgment so rendered by...

§ 4673. Trustee actions - § 4673. Trustee actions In an action in which a...

Chapter 167 - Declaratory Judgments Act

§ 4711. Declaratory judgment; scope - § 4711. Declaratory judgment; scope Superior Courts within their jurisdictions...

§ 4712. Party plaintiff; power to construe - § 4712. Party plaintiff; power to construe A person interested...

§ 4713. Before breach of contracts - § 4713. Before breach of contracts A contract may be...

§ 4714. Fiduciaries; executors - § 4714. Fiduciaries; executors A person interested as or through...

§ 4715. Construction; general powers of court - § 4715. Construction; general powers of court The enumeration in...

§ 4716. Refusal to enter judgment; discretion of court - § 4716. Refusal to enter judgment; discretion of court The...

§ 4717. Review - § 4717. Review All orders, judgments, and decrees under this...

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