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24 V.S.A. § 963
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 963. Duties of selectboard; special meeting

§ 963. Duties of selectboard; special meeting|(a) When a vacancy occurs in any town office, the selectboard forthwith by appointment in writing shall fill such vacancy until an election is had; except that in the event of vacancies in a majority of the selectboard at the same time, such vacancies shall be filled by a special town meeting called for that purpose.(b) The selectboard shall file an appointment made under this section in the office of the town clerk and the town clerk shall duly record it in the book of town records.(c) If there are no selectboard members in office, the Secretary of State shall call a special election to fill any vacancies and for that interim shall appoint and authorize the town clerk or another qualified person to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until the vacancies are filled. (Amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 1993, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 30, 1994; 2017, No. 50, § 60.)
24 V.S.A. § 991
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 991. Records to be delivered to successor

§ 991. Records to be delivered to successor|When a town or town school district office becomes vacant by expiration of the term of office of the incumbent, or otherwise, and a successor is elected or appointed, on demand, he or she shall be entitled to receive from the last incumbent of the office or anyone having possession of the same the records, files, books, and papers of such office, or property of the town or the town school district, as the case may be. A person having such records, files, books, papers, or other property in his or her possession who refuses for ten days after such demand to surrender the same shall be fined $10.00 for each week's refusal.
24 V.S.A. § 992
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 992. Annual settlements; penalty

§ 992. Annual settlements; penalty|Not less than 25 days before each annual town meeting, all officials and other persons authorized to receive or disburse money belonging to a town shall settle their accounts with the auditors of such town, and the treasurer shall include in such settlement his or her accounts as town school district treasurer. When an officer refuses or neglects to make such settlement, he or she shall be ineligible to reelection for the year ensuing.
24 V.S.A. § 993
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 993. Money to be paid over; penalty

§ 993. Money to be paid over; penalty|When a person who has served as a town or a town school district officer does not at the expiration of his or her term of office forthwith pay to the proper treasurer all money in his or her hands belonging to the town or town school district, he or she shall be fined not more than $200.00. The town or town school district, as the case may be, may recover such money of such person in a civil action on this statute.
24 V.S.A. § 1031
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1031. Inspector of lumber, shingles, and wood

§ 1031. Inspector of lumber, shingles, and wood|At the request of any party interested, an inspector of lumber, shingles, and wood shall examine and classify the quality of lumber and shingles, measure lumber, shingles, and wood, and give certificates thereof.
24 V.S.A. § 1032
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1032. Weigher of coal

§ 1032. Weigher of coal|A weigher of coal shall be sworn and shall not be directly or indirectly interested in the sale of coal. Upon request of the seller or purchaser, he or she shall weigh all coal sold in his or her town.
24 V.S.A. § 1033
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1033. Inspector of wiring

§ 1033. Inspector of wiring|A municipality may authorize the selectboard, mayor and board of aldermen, or trustees to appoint an inspector of electric wiring and fix his or her compensation.
24 V.S.A. § 1091
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1091. Pension system

§ 1091. Pension system|A municipality having a population of at least 5,000 according to the latest preceding U.S. census may adopt a pension system for its employees. However, a municipality having a population of less than 5,000 may adopt a pension system for its employees, if such municipality at its annual meeting so votes by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting.
24 V.S.A. § 1092
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1092. Insurance contracts

§ 1092. Insurance contracts|By its legislative branch, as defined by section 1751 of this title, a municipal corporation may contract in the name of the municipality with an insurance company authorized to do business in this State to secure the benefits of all forms of insurance for the employees of the municipality, and for all forms of liability insurance but not limited to liability insurance to cover motor vehicles owned and operated by the municipality, and drivers thereof, and for fire, extended coverage, general liability insurance to cover public building, premises, and activities of the municipality, and liabilities which may accrue to the municipality under sections 901 and 902 of this title on any terms and conditions as to contributions and costs as the legislative branch shall determine. Provisions for the insurance heretofore made by a municipality are hereby approved. In addition, a municipal corporation may secure insurance to cover liabilities which may accrue to the municipality under section 901 of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 211, § 2; 1967, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 6, 1968; 1973, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1975, No. 122, § 1, eff. April 22, 1975.)
24 V.S.A. § 1121
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1121. Authority to adopt

§ 1121. Authority to adopt|(a) A municipality may adopt rules relating to personnel administration, including the following: job classification, tenure, retirement, pensions, leaves of absence, vacations, holidays, hours of work, group insurance, salaries, layoff, reinstatement, promotion, demotion, dismissal, transfer, injury, settlement of disputes, and appeals.(b) The personnel rules may apply to any or all employees of a municipality, including officers and employees of a fire department or police department maintained by the municipality. Rules adopted by the selectboard of a town under this subchapter shall not apply to employees of a town school district. (Added 1969, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 2, 1970.)
24 V.S.A. § 1122
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1122. Procedure for adoption

§ 1122. Procedure for adoption|Rules adopted under authority of this subchapter shall be deemed to be administrative and may be adopted by majority vote of the legislative body of a municipality. Sections 1971-1975 of this title shall not apply to rules adopted under this subchapter. (Added 1969, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 2, 1970.)
24 V.S.A. § 1131
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1131. Energy coordinator; duties

§ 1131. Energy coordinator; duties|(a) The legislative body of a municipality may appoint, and determine the length of term for, an energy coordinator.(b) An energy coordinator shall coordinate existing energy resources in the town and cooperate with the municipal planning commission and with those federal, State, and regional agencies of government which are responsible for energy matters.(c) An energy coordinator may study and evaluate sources of energy which are alternatives to those presently available with a view toward the more efficient and economical utilization of existing and potential energy resources.(d) An energy coordinator shall make periodic reports of his or her activities to the legislative body as it may require and may perform such other duties, studies, or examinations as may be required by the legislative body. (Added 1975, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2007, No. 1, § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 1141
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1141. Boards or commissions; orders

§ 1141. Boards or commissions; orders|Any decision or order approved for issue by a board, commission, committee, agency, or authority of any municipal corporation, including the legislative body of a municipal corporation, which is required by law to be in writing, may be signed by the chair or vice chair on behalf of the issuing body. (Added 1983, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 27, 1984.)
24 V.S.A. § 1147
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 33 - Municipal Officers Generally|§ 1147. Advisory budget committee creation; duties

§ 1147. Advisory budget committee creation; duties|If a municipality creates an advisory budget committee as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2646, the committee shall evaluate the municipality's budget and make recommendations to the selectboard for the budget based on its findings. (Added 2013, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
24 V.S.A. § 1151
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1151. Certificate of election; oath

§ 1151. Certificate of election; oath|A town clerk shall file with the county clerk a certificate of his or her election or appointment and a copy of his or her official oath on or before six days after election or appointment. The moderator shall sign the certificate if the clerk is elected at an open town meeting. The chair of the board of civil authority shall sign the certificate if the clerk is elected by Australian ballot. The selectboard members shall sign the certificate if the clerk is appointed. (Amended 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
24 V.S.A. § 1152
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1152. Record of proceedings of meetings

§ 1152. Record of proceedings of meetings|The clerk shall record all proceedings of all town meetings and his or her record shall be deemed to be the true and official record of all action taken at that meeting provided it has been approved and attested by any two of the following town officers present at the meeting: moderator, selectboard members, and justices of the peace. The clerk shall request approval within seven days after each meeting and his or her request shall be given prompt consideration. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit use of tape recorders or other recording devices or stenographic service. (Amended 1969, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.).)
24 V.S.A. § 1153
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1153. Card indices

§ 1153. Card indices|All general indices required by law to be kept by a town or city clerk may be kept by the card index system, with the consent and approval of the selectboard or board of aldermen. When so kept, such card index shall provide as full and complete information as is now required by law for the keeping of general indices by a town clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 1154
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1154. Records; copies

§ 1154. Records; copies|(a) A town clerk shall record in the land records, at length or by accurate, legible copy, in books to be furnished by the town:  (1) deeds; (2) instruments or evidences respecting real estate; (3) writs of execution, other writs or the substance thereof, and the returns thereon; (4) hazardous waste site information and hazardous waste storage, treatment, and disposal certifications established under 10 V.S.A. chapter 159; (5) underground storage tank information under 10 V.S.A. chapter 59; (6) municipal land use permits (as defined in section 4303 of this title) or notices of municipal land use permits as provided for in subsection (c) of this section, notices of violation of ordinances or bylaws relating to municipal land use, and notices of violation of municipal land use permits; (7) denials of municipal land use permits; (8) permits, design certifications, installation certifications, and other documents required to be filed by the provisions of 10 V.S.A. chapter 64 and the rules adopted under that chapter; (9) other instruments delivered to the town clerk for recording.   (b) A temporary permit (if defined by the bylaws of the municipality) is not required to be recorded.(c) A notice of a municipal land use permit or a notice of violation specified in subdivision (a)(6) of this section may be recorded, and if such notice is recorded, it shall list:  (1) as grantor, the owner of record title to the property at the time the municipal land use permit or notice of violation is issued; (2) as grantee, the municipality issuing the permit, certificate, or notice; (3) the municipal or village office where the original, or a true, legible copy of the municipal land use permit may be examined; (4) whether an appeal of such permit, certificate, or notice has been taken; (5) tax map lot number or other description identifying the lot.   (d) The town clerk shall keep in each book of record an index of reference to the instruments or records in that book. (Amended 1983, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 1985, No. 66, § 2; 1997, No. 125 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 46, § 2, eff. May 26, 1999; 2001, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2003, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
24 V.S.A. § 1154a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1154a. Records; return postage

§ 1154a. Records; return postage|Whenever an instrument listed in section 1154 of this chapter is filed or left for record with the town clerk, the town shall bear the costs of returning the original copy of the instrument to the person who filed or left the instrument for record. (Added 2019, No. 38, § 7.)
24 V.S.A. § 1155
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1155. Record of trust mortgage

§ 1155. Record of trust mortgage|Trust mortgages may be recorded by furnishing the clerk with a printed copy thereof on not smaller than 8 1/4 by 10 3/4 nor larger than 10 1/2 by 16 ledger paper of good quality with good cloth binding which volume after being duly compared with the original mortgage shall be filed, attested by him or her and kept in his or her office as a trust mortgage record. The clerk shall also certify on a blank page of the then current mortgage record book the recording of such mortgage under the provisions of this section and index the same as provided in section 1154 of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 1156
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1156. Chattel mortgages; conditional sales; discharge of lien

§ 1156. Chattel mortgages; conditional sales; discharge of lien|Within 15 days after a chattel mortgage, a sufficient memorandum of a conditional vendor's lien, or a memorandum of a discharge of such mortgage or lien has been delivered to a town clerk for recording, accompanied by the recording fee provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1671, such clerk shall record such mortgage, lien, or discharge and return the original to the person entitled thereto. (Amended 2019, No. 38, § 8.)
24 V.S.A. § 1157
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1157. Duties of town clerk as to chattel mortgages

§ 1157. Duties of town clerk as to chattel mortgages|A town clerk shall procure and keep a book of records for mortgages of personal property and shall keep an alphabetical index of mortgagors and mortgagees. The record and index shall be open to public inspection. The clerk shall record in the book any mortgage, transfer, discharge, or officer's return of sale upon any mortgage. Reference to the volume and page of the record of the mortgage shall be made by the clerk upon the margin of the record of the return, as well as reference on the margin of the record of the mortgage to the volume and page of the record of the return. When requested, the clerk shall give a certified copy thereof on payment of his or her fees as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1671 and shall certify the time when the same is received and recorded. Mortgages or deeds of trust conveying both real and personal property shall be recorded only as real estate mortgages, but town clerks shall include in their indices of mortgages of personal property a reference to the record thereof. A copy of the personal mortgage, certified as a true and correct copy by the recording clerk, may be pasted or otherwise permanently attached in the record books, provided that space on the back of the sheet to be pasted is allowed for pasting, and when so done the same shall be deemed to be legally recorded, or if a person leaving the mortgage for record so desires, it shall be copied into the records at length by the town clerk. (Amended 1969, No. 40, § 2, eff. April 4, 1969.)
24 V.S.A. § 1158
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1158. Assignment or discharge of mortgage or judgment lien

§ 1158. Assignment or discharge of mortgage or judgment lien|An assignment or discharge of a mortgage or judgment lien shall be duly recorded in the records of the town. A mortgage or judgment lien may be discharged by the mortgagee, judgment creditor, or assignee of such mortgage or judgment lien in writing on the margin of the mortgage record or judgment lien notice. A satisfaction or assignment of the mortgage or judgment lien recorded elsewhere shall bear a marginal notation of the book and page of the mortgage or judgment lien record and a corresponding cross-reference shall be made on the margin of the mortgage or judgment lien notice record. (Amended 1979, No. 67, § 4.)
24 V.S.A. § 1159
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1159. Indorsement of time of receiving instruments

§ 1159. Indorsement of time of receiving instruments|(a) An instrument shall be deemed recorded when the town clerk:  (1) receives the instrument, the recording fee provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1671, and all supporting documents required by statute; and (2) indorses a certificate of the date and time of reception on the instrument.   (b) Within three days following the date an instrument is indorsed, the clerk shall enter the name or names of the parties, the type of instrument, the date of the instrument, and the date and time of recording in a day book, printed index, or digital index that is open to public inspection. A town clerk may extend the time for entering the information for good cause shown, including reasons related to illness or absence of the clerk. (Amended 2019, No. 38, § 9.)
24 V.S.A. § 1160
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1160. Acknowledgements; oath

§ 1160. Acknowledgements; oath|(a) A town clerk, commissioned as a notary public pursuant to 26 V.S.A. chapter 103, may take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments throughout his or her county.(b) In his or her county, he or she may administer oaths in all cases where an oath is required, without being commissioned as a notary public pursuant to 26 V.S.A. chapter 103.(c)(1) Each town clerk may designate from among the members of his or her staff at least one notary public to be available to perform notarial acts for the public in the town clerk's office during normal business hours free of charge.  (2) Each individual designated by the town clerk under this subsection shall be commissioned as a notary public pursuant to 26 V.S.A. chapter 103 and shall be exempt from the notary public application fee under that chapter. (Amended 2019, No. 30, § 26.)
24 V.S.A. § 1162
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1162. Indices; liability of clerk and town

§ 1162. Indices; liability of clerk and town|A town clerk who neglects to keep in his or her office the indices required by law to be kept by him or her shall be fined $20.00 for each six months' neglect. A town which, upon such neglect of its town clerk, delays for six months to cause such an index to be completed and kept, shall be fined $50.00 for each six months it so neglects.
24 V.S.A. § 1163
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1163. Index of attachments

§ 1163. Index of attachments|A town clerk shall keep a book in which shall be alphabetically indexed all attachments of personal property lodged in his or her office. Such index shall show the names of the parties to the action in which the attachment is made, the court and date of the court to which the attachment is returnable, and the amount of debt or damages claimed in the writ.
24 V.S.A. § 1164
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1164. Certified copies; form.

§ 1164. Certified copies; form.|(a) A town clerk shall furnish certified copies of any instrument on record in his or her office, or any instrument or paper filed in his or her office pursuant to law, on the tender of fees therefor, and his or her attestation shall be a sufficient authentication of the copies, except that the town clerk shall redact the word "illegitimate" from any copy of a birth certificate he or she furnishes.(b) A town clerk shall furnish a certified copy of a vital event certificate only if authorized and as prescribed under 18 V.S.A. chapter 101. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March, 1, 1961; 1975, No. 8, § 1; 1979, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2017, No. 46, § 60, eff. July 1, 2019.)
24 V.S.A. § 1165
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1165. Files and records available; when

§ 1165. Files and records available; when|The files and records in the office of the clerk shall be available for inspection upon proper request at all reasonable hours.
24 V.S.A. § 1166
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1166. Return of name of town treasurer to State Treasurer

§ 1166. Return of name of town treasurer to State Treasurer|Annually, on or before July 1, a town clerk shall transmit to the State Treasurer the name of the town treasurer.
24 V.S.A. § 1167
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1167. Certification of votes

§ 1167. Certification of votes|When at an annual or special meeting a town votes to raise a tax, to borrow money, or to make any appropriation of money, the clerk of such town, within five days thereafter, shall certify such vote to the treasurer of the town and to the chair of the selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 1168
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 35 - Town Clerks|§ 1168. Return of names of listers to Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review

§ 1168. Return of names of listers to Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review|After each annual meeting, a town clerk shall report forthwith electronically to the Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review the name of each lister in the town, his or her post office address, and the length of his or her term of office. In like manner, a town clerk shall notify the Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review of any lister appointed to fill a vacancy. (Amended 1977, No. 105, § 14(b); 2017, No. 73, § 2, eff. June 13, 2017; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 155.)