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4 V.S.A. § 467
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 10 - Family Court|§ 467. Forms; Office of Child Support; IV-D services

§ 467. Forms; Office of Child Support; IV-D services|(a) The Court Administrator shall prepare and make available to the public forms for proceeding before a magistrate, including forms for the filing of an action, responding to a petition and filing motions. The purpose of the standardized forms is to make the magistrate hearing accessible to all parties in a dispute without the assistance of counsel.(b) The form for filing a petition with the magistrate shall include provision for the petitioner to request IV-D services from the Office of Child Support established in 33 V.S.A. § 4101. If the petitioner requests IV-D services, the court shall immediately notify the Office of Child Support.(c) The Court Administrator and the Office of Child Support shall jointly prepare and make available to the public a booklet describing the services available to both custodial and noncustodial parents and the judicial procedure applicable to child support and parentage cases.(d) The Court Administrator and the Office of Child Support shall prepare a standardized child support order. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990.)
4 V.S.A. § 491
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 11 - Justices of the Peace|§ 491. Qualification of justice of the peace- Filing of oath and certificate

§ 491. Qualification of justice of the peace- Filing of oath and certificate|Before entering upon his or her duties, each justice shall deposit with the town clerk a copy of his or her official oath, signed by himself or herself, with a certificate of the magistrate or notary public administering the same. The Secretary of State shall provide oath forms for this purpose. The term of office of justices of the peace shall be two years, and shall commence on the first day of February next after their election. (Amended 1959, No. 71; 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1983, No. 26, eff. April 11, 1983.)
4 V.S.A. § 492
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 11 - Justices of the Peace|§ 492. Penalty

§ 492. Penalty|When a justice willfully neglects to make such deposit with the town clerk, he or she may be fined not more than $100.00. (Amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
4 V.S.A. § 500
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 11 - Justices of the Peace|§ 500. Expiration of term of office; certified copies of records

§ 500. Expiration of term of office; certified copies of records|After the expiration of his or her term of office and while residing in the same county, a justice may make and certify copies of the records of his or her official business. Such copies shall have the same validity as though made and certified while he or she was in office.
4 V.S.A. § 602a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 15 - Judicial Nominations and Appointments|§ 602a. Duties; Public Utility Commission members

§ 602a. Duties; Public Utility Commission members|(a) In accordance with 30 V.S.A. § 3, whenever a vacancy occurs for a member position on the Public Utility Commission, the Governor shall submit at least five names of potential nominees to the Judicial Nominating Board for review. The Judicial Nominating Board shall submit to the Governor the names of candidates it deems well qualified. The Judicial Nominating Board shall submit to the Governor a summary of the qualifications and experience of each candidate whose name is submitted to the Governor, together with any further information relevant to the matter. Vacancies for the position of Chair of the Public Utility Commission shall follow the procedure set forth in section 602 of this title.(b) A candidate for the position of member of the Public Utility Commission shall not be required to be an attorney; however, if the candidate is admitted to practice law in Vermont, the Judicial Nominating Board shall submit the candidate's name to the Court Administrator, and he or she shall disclose to the Board information solely about professional disciplinary action taken or pending concerning the candidate. If a candidate is not admitted to practice law in Vermont, but practices a profession requiring licensure, certification, or other professional regulation by the State, the Judicial Nominating Board shall submit the candidate's name to the State professional regulatory entity and that entity shall disclose to the Board any professional disciplinary action taken or pending concerning the candidate.(c) A candidate shall possess the attributes provided in subsection 602(d) of this title. (Added 2015, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 23, 2016.)
4 V.S.A. § 603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 15 - Judicial Nominations and Appointments|§ 603. Appointment of Justices, judges, magistrates, Public Utility Commission Chair, and members

§ 603. Appointment of Justices, judges, magistrates, Public Utility Commission Chair, and members|Whenever the Governor appoints a Supreme Court Justice, a Superior Judge, a magistrate, the Chair of the Public Utility Commission, or a member of the Public Utility Commission, he or she shall select from the list of names of qualified persons submitted by the Judicial Nominating Board pursuant to law. The names of candidates submitted and not selected shall remain confidential. (Amended 1966, No. 64 (Sp. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; 1967, No. 306 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1971, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1973, No. 106, § 4, eff. May 25, 1973; 1975, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 34.)
4 V.S.A. § 605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 15 - Judicial Nominations and Appointments|§ 605. Political activity by judges prohibited

§ 605. Political activity by judges prohibited|Superior judges shall not make any contribution to or hold any office in a political party or organization or take part in any political campaign. (Amended 1966, No. 64 (Sp. Sess.), § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; 1971, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.) § 5; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 35.)
4 V.S.A. § 607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 15 - Judicial Nominations and Appointments|§ 607. Joint Committee on Judicial Retention; creation

§ 607. Joint Committee on Judicial Retention; creation|(a) There is created the Joint Committee on Judicial Retention composed of four members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and four members of the Senate appointed by the Committee on Committees of the Senate. The appointments shall be made, if practicable, within seven days of the convening of each biennial session of the General Assembly.(b) The Committee shall endeavor to hold its organizational meeting within seven days of its appointment and shall elect a chair from among its membership and adopt rules of procedure consistent with the rules of the Senate.(c) The Committee may use the staff and services of the Office of Legislative Counsel and the Office of Legislative Operations to, in addition to other duties, obtain information on the performance of a judge or Justice by soliciting comments from members of the Vermont Bar and the public. (Added 1975, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; amended 1985, No. 98, § 6; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72; 2019, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
4 V.S.A. § 609
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 15 - Judicial Nominations and Appointments|§ 609. Judicial retirement

§ 609. Judicial retirement|(a) The Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of all subordinate courts shall be required to retire at the end of the calendar year in which they attain 90 years of age.(b) This section shall not limit the Supreme Court's power to establish procedures for taking appropriate action to remove or suspend or restrict the services of an individual Justice or judge of any age. (Added 2003, No. 49, § 1, eff. June 2, 2003.)
4 V.S.A. § 651
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 651. Clerks of courts

§ 651. Clerks of courts|The Court Administrator shall act as clerk of the Supreme Court as provided in section 8 of this title. The Court Administrator shall appoint a Superior Court clerk for each unit. The Court Administrator may appoint the same person to be clerk in more than one unit. With approval of the Court Administrator, the clerk shall hire office staff. The clerk shall have the powers and responsibilities formerly held by the clerk of the district court or the family court and may delegate specific powers and responsibilities to assigned staff. Unless so designated by the assistant judges of a specific county, with the approval of the Court Administrator, a Superior Court clerk shall not also serve as a county clerk. (Amended 1967, No. 174, § 3; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 37.)
4 V.S.A. § 657
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 657. Transcribing damaged records

§ 657. Transcribing damaged records|When records in the Office of the Superior Court Clerk become faded, defaced, torn, or otherwise injured, so as to endanger the permanent legibility or proper preservation of the same, the Court Administrator may direct the court clerk to provide suitable books and transcribe such records therein. At the end of a transcript of record so made, the clerk shall certify under official signature and the seal of the court that the same is a true transcript of the original record. Such transcript or a duly certified copy thereof shall be entitled to the same faith and credit and have the same force as the original record. The expense of making such transcript shall be paid by the State. (Amended 1967, No. 174, § 8; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 39; 2013, No. 67, § 5.)
4 V.S.A. § 659
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 659. Preservation of court records

§ 659. Preservation of court records|(a) The Supreme Court by administrative order may provide for permanent preservation of all court records by any photographic or electronic or comparable process in accordance with standards that shall be no less protective of the records than the standards established by the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration programs that take into account the quality and security of the records and ready access to the record of any cause so recorded.(b) After preservation in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the Supreme Court by administrative order may provide for the disposition of original court records by destruction or, in cases where the original court record may have historical or intrinsic value, by transfer to the archives of the Secretary of State. (Added 1975, No. 241 (Adj. Sess.), eff. April 7, 1976; amended 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c)(2), eff. May 6, 1996; 2009, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 41; 2013, No. 67, § 6.)
4 V.S.A. § 691
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 691. Clerks and assistants; appointment; compensation

§ 691. Clerks and assistants; appointment; compensation|(a) The Superior Court clerk, with the approval of the Court Administrator, may hire and remove staff for the Superior Court subject to the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement. The clerks and staff shall be State employees and shall be entitled to all fringe benefits and compensation accorded classified State employees who are similarly situated, subject to any applicable statutory limits, unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement that sets forth the terms and conditions of employment negotiated pursuant to the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 28.(b) A staff person for the Superior Court may also serve as the county clerk if the Court Administrator approves of such service with the concurrence of the assistant judges. If a Superior Court staff person serves as county clerk pursuant to this subsection, the Court Administrator and the assistant judges shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with respect to the duties, work schedule, and compensation of the person serving.(c) With respect to counties where the assistant judges have elected to offer passport processing services, the Court Administrator and the assistant judges shall enter into a memorandum of understanding providing for the acceptance and processing of United States passport applications. The memorandum may provide for performance of passport acceptance and processing duties by the court clerk, county clerk, a Superior Court staff person serving as county clerk pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or any other court or county employee. (Amended 1967, No. 194, § 12, eff. March 1, 1968; 1969, No. 125, § 11; 1973, No. 106, § 5, eff. May 25, 1973; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 1997, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 2011, No. 1, § 9, eff. Feb. 2, 2011; 2011, No. 1, § 9, eff. Feb. 2, 2011.)
4 V.S.A. § 692
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 692. Powers of clerk in absence of judge

§ 692. Powers of clerk in absence of judge|In the absence of the judge:  (1) the clerk may continue a cause; (2) the clerk may set conditions of release in noncapital criminal cases prior to trial as provided by law or by rule promulgated by the Supreme Court. (Amended 1973, No. 118, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1973.)
4 V.S.A. § 731
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 731. English language

§ 731. English language|Writs, processes, complaints, informations, indictments, pleas, answers, and entries in the courts, except technical terms, shall be in the English language.
4 V.S.A. § 732
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 732. Lost document or record

§ 732. Lost document or record|When a court document, record, or file in an action pending in court is lost, mislaid, or destroyed, the court may order a duplicate document, record, or file to be filed under such conditions as the court prescribes. A duplicate document or record shall have the same validity and may be used in evidence in the same manner as the original document, record, or file. (Amended 2013, No. 67, § 7.)
4 V.S.A. § 733
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 733. Preservation of attachment liens

§ 733. Preservation of attachment liens|When real or personal estate is attached on such writ, the plaintiff may procure from the clerk of the town in which the estate was attached a certified copy of the writ, complaint and officer's return thereon, and cause the same to be filed in such court. The same proceedings shall thereupon be had, and the estate so attached held to respond to the judgment in the action, as though the original writ, complaint, and return were in court.
4 V.S.A. § 739
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 739. Record certified by successor in office

§ 739. Record certified by successor in office|When a recording officer has made a record but has omitted to make an official certificate thereof, any person subsequently holding the office may make such certificate. Such certificate shall be as valid as if made by the officer who made the record, but shall not affect any intervening right.
4 V.S.A. § 740
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 740. Court records; dockets; certified copies

§ 740. Court records; dockets; certified copies|The Supreme Court by administrative order or directive shall provide for the preparation, maintenance, recording, indexing, docketing, preservation, and storage of all court records and the provision, subject to confidentiality requirements of law or court rules, of certified copies of those records to persons requesting them. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 43; 2013, No. 67, § 8.)
4 V.S.A. § 741
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 17 - Clerks of Court; Court and Other Records and Accounts|§ 741. Payment by credit card

§ 741. Payment by credit card|(a) [Repealed.](b) If any such card draft is not paid by the bank or other company or is charged back to the court or bureau, any record of payment made by the court or bureau honoring the card shall be void. The obligation of the person to pay the court costs, fee, penalty, surcharge, or fine shall continue as an outstanding obligation as if no payment had been made.(c) Card account numbers, while in the possession of the court or bureau, are confidential. (Added 1997, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 66d; amended 1999, No. 58, § 2; 2003, No. 61, § 4.)
4 V.S.A. § 794
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 794. Oath; correctness of reports and copies

§ 794. Oath; correctness of reports and copies|Upon appointment, a stenographic reporter shall be sworn before entering upon his or her duties, and shall be responsible for the correctness of his or her reports and certified copies thereof made by him or her or under his or her direction. (Amended 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)
4 V.S.A. § 795
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 795. Filing of copies of transcripts

§ 795. Filing of copies of transcripts|When directed by the presiding judge of a Superior Court so to do and within the time prescribed by such judge, such stenographic reporter shall file with the clerk thereof certified copies of the evidence and proceedings in a cause heard by it. Such copies shall be verbatim transcripts of the evidence and proceedings and be a part of the files of such court. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
4 V.S.A. § 796
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 796. Transcripts for quasi-judicial proceedings

§ 796. Transcripts for quasi-judicial proceedings|A stenographic reporter shall furnish a verbatim and certified transcript of the evidence and proceedings in every hearing before a commission, department, or other quasi-judicial proceeding reported by him or her to the presiding officer within 20 days after the termination of such hearing. (Amended 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)
4 V.S.A. § 798
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 798. Probative force of transcripts

§ 798. Probative force of transcripts|All transcripts of evidence or proceedings in a cause or hearing tried in Superior Court or before an auditor, referee, or commissioner, ordered to be reported by a Probate or Superior judge, and made by or under the direction of the reporter and duly certified by him or her to be a verbatim transcript of the verbatim stenographic notes of such evidence or proceedings, shall be received as evidence in any action, civil or criminal, if relevant thereto. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 44.)
4 V.S.A. § 799
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 799. Probate Division reporters

§ 799. Probate Division reporters|Upon request of a Probate judge, the Superior Court clerk shall appoint and assign a staff member to make a verbatim report of the proceeding in the Probate Division. (Amended 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 44a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
4 V.S.A. § 801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 801. Hearings before commissions and quasi-judicial tribunals

§ 801. Hearings before commissions and quasi-judicial tribunals|In hearings before a commission, department, or other quasi-judicial proceedings, such tribunal shall hire stenographic reporters for the purpose of making verbatim reports of the proceedings when one of the parties so requests in writing. (1959, No. 192, § 1, eff. May 20, 1959.)
4 V.S.A. § 802
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 802. Approval of accounts

§ 802. Approval of accounts|The presiding officer of a State department, commission, board, or other agency shall approve the accounts of the stenographer or reporter in the proceeding referred to in sections 797 and 801 of this title and shall forward the same to the Commissioner of Finance and Management for payment. (1959, No. 192, § 3, eff. May 20, 1959; amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)
4 V.S.A. § 803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 19 - Stenographic Reporters|§ 803. Electronic recording equipment

§ 803. Electronic recording equipment|(a) Subject to any rules prescribed by the Supreme Court pursuant to law, electronic sound or sound and video recording equipment may be used for the recording of any Superior Court or judicial bureau proceeding; testimony, objections, rulings, exceptions, arraignments, pleas, sentences, statements, and remarks made by any attorney or judge; oral instructions given by the judge; and any other judicial proceedings to the same extent as any recording by a stenographer or reporter permitted or required under existing statutes.(b) For the purpose of operating recording equipment, the judge may appoint or designate the official reporter of that court, a special reporter, the clerk of the court, any staff of the court, the court officer, or any other designated court personnel. The person operating recording equipment shall subscribe to an oath that the operator will well and truly operate it to record all matters and proceedings.(c) The court may then designate the person operating the equipment or any other competent person to read the recording and to transcribe it into typewriting. The person transcribing the recording shall subscribe to an oath that it has truly and correctly been transcribed.(d) The transcript may be used for all purposes for which transcripts are now received and accepted under existing statutes. (Added 1969, No. 95; amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 45.)
4 V.S.A. § 851
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 21 - Commissioners in Other States and Foreign Countries|§ 851. Appointment and powers of commissioners

§ 851. Appointment and powers of commissioners|The Governor may appoint commissioners in other states and in foreign countries, who shall hold office for five years unless sooner removed by him or her. They may take depositions, affidavits, and testimony to be used in any proceedings in Superior Court, administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments to be used or recorded in this State, and their acts therein shall have the same force as though performed by a justice or master in this State.
4 V.S.A. § 852
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 21 - Commissioners in Other States and Foreign Countries|§ 852. Oath and bond

§ 852. Oath and bond|Before entering upon his or her duties, each commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath of office before a magistrate of his or her locality and execute a bond to this State with sureties to the satisfaction of the Governor in the sum of $500.00, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The bond shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of State, and an action may be maintained against any or all signers thereof, in the name of the State, for the benefit of a person injured by the act or neglect of the commissioner.
4 V.S.A. § 901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 4 - Judiciary|Chapter 23 - Attorneys|§ 901. Rules for admission of attorneys

§ 901. Rules for admission of attorneys|Justices of the Supreme Court shall make, adopt, and publish and may alter or amend rules regulating the admission of attorneys to the practice of law before the courts of this State.