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12 V.S.A. § 2145
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 85 - Costs|§ 2145. Action on receipt for property levied upon

§ 2145. Action on receipt for property levied upon|Costs shall not be allowed the plaintiff in an action founded upon a receipt given to an officer for property taken by virtue of a writ of execution, unless the defendant delays final judgment by obtaining a continuance or entering an appeal.
12 V.S.A. § 2146
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 85 - Costs|§ 2146. Account which might have been adjusted in former action

§ 2146. Account which might have been adjusted in former action|In an action founded on book account, a defendant who has personal notice of the action and neglects to present his or her account against the plaintiff and have it adjusted in such action, shall not recover costs in an action to recover the amount of such account against such plaintiff.
12 V.S.A. § 2147
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 85 - Costs|§ 2147. Action on judgment upon which execution might have issued

§ 2147. Action on judgment upon which execution might have issued|A person commencing an action founded on a judgment rendered in this State, upon which at the time of bringing his or her action execution might issue, shall not recover costs, if the court before whom it is brought considers that it was commenced without sufficient cause and that the creditor might as well have recovered his or her demand by execution.
12 V.S.A. § 2148
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 85 - Costs|§ 2148. Consolidation of actions against directors

§ 2148. Consolidation of actions against directors|(a) In all causes brought to the same Superior Court in favor of different creditors of a corporation against the directors thereof, or some of them jointly, based upon the provisions of the act or articles of incorporation, or a statute, to recover for loss sustained by such creditors by reason of the incompetency, neglect or remissness of such directors, and where the same parties are defendants in each action, such causes may be consolidated by the court, upon request of the defendants or upon request of such of the several plaintiffs as shall join in a motion therefor, and proceed to final judgment as one cause, and only one bill of costs shall be allowed to the successful party in court.(b) If such judgment is for the plaintiffs, it shall show the amount of damages awarded to each. Separate executions shall issue thereon, with full costs in one cause and costs of writ, service and court fees in the others. If such judgment is for the defendants, the execution shall run against all the plaintiffs; but, as between themselves, they shall bear the costs in proportion to the amount of their respective claims.(c) When actions are brought by several plaintiffs against the same defendants, as provided in subsection (a) of this section and any of such causes are continued by the term without the fault of either party, or to await the result of similar pleadings in another cause, costs shall not be taxed at such term in favor of either party, except court fees. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 2150
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 85 - Costs|§ 2150. Actions on negotiable paper or nonnegotiable choses in action

§ 2150. Actions on negotiable paper or nonnegotiable choses in action|In an action brought on a negotiable note or bill or on a nonnegotiable chose in action, the plaintiff shall not recover more costs than would have been taxed if the action had been brought in the name of the original payee or assignor.
12 V.S.A. § 2151
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 85 - Costs|§ 2151. When defendant pleads bankruptcy and prevails

§ 2151. When defendant pleads bankruptcy and prevails|In actions in which the bankruptcy of the defendant is set up in defense, and the defendant prevails solely by reason of such answer, the court may allow or disallow costs against the plaintiff.
12 V.S.A. § 2152
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 85 - Costs|§ 2152. Penalty for taxing or taking illegal costs or fees

§ 2152. Penalty for taxing or taking illegal costs or fees|A clerk of a court who, in taxing costs, knowingly includes a greater sum than is provided for by law, or a person practicing before a court who knowingly makes up, takes, or receives a greater sum in costs than is provided for by law, or a person who knowingly receives greater fees than the law provides, shall pay to the person aggrieved 10 times such excess, to be recovered with costs in an action of tort on this statute.
12 V.S.A. § 2357
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|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 the petitioner has been prevented from taking or entering an appeal in a probate proceeding by fraud, accident, or mistake, on petition and proof thereof, the Supreme or Superior Court in its discretion may grant leave to file a notice of appeal from an order, sentence, decree, or denial of the Probate Division of the Superior Court or from a determination of commissioners on the estate of a deceased person in those cases which are by law appealable. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 55; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 73, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
12 V.S.A. § 2358
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 101 - New Trials; Appeals for Fraud, Accident, or Mistake|§ 2358. Service of petition; time limitation

§ 2358. Service of petition; time limitation|The petition shall be filed and served on the adverse party like a summons and complaint. The adverse party shall file and serve an answer. The petition shall not be sustained unless it is preferred within two years after the alleged fraud, accident, or mistake happened, provided that the petition shall be brought before the estate is fully settled in the Probate Division of the Superior Court. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 52, eff. March 29, 1972; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
12 V.S.A. § 2362
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 101 - New Trials; Appeals for Fraud, Accident, or Mistake|§ 2362. Recognizance on petition to enter an appeal

§ 2362. Recognizance on petition to enter an appeal|A petition to enter an appeal shall not issue until a Justice of the Supreme Court, the presiding judge, or a district judge of the court having jurisdiction of the same, as the case may be, has taken sufficient security by way of recognizance to the adverse party, which shall be minuted on the summons or petition, conditioned that, if the petitioner fails to prosecute his or her petition to effect or finally to recover in the action, he or she will pay the adverse party the intervening damages and costs accruing to him or her by reason of such petition. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 54, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 2363
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 101 - New Trials; Appeals for Fraud, Accident, or Mistake|§ 2363. Stay of proceedings; bail and liens not affected

§ 2363. Stay of proceedings; bail and liens not affected|In his or her discretion, a justice or judge of the court having jurisdiction of such petition, by an order signed by him or her, may direct a stay of proceedings on the judgment, whether execution has issued or not, until a final decision is made upon such petition. Such stay of proceedings shall not operate to discharge or release bail or extinguish or prevent the perfecting of a lien which the petitionee has acquired upon the property of the petitioner by attachment or levy of execution.
12 V.S.A. § 2365
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 101 - New Trials; Appeals for Fraud, Accident, or Mistake|§ 2365. Copy of process and recognizance to be filed

§ 2365. Copy of process and recognizance to be filed|The magistrate ordering a stay of proceedings shall take a copy of the process and recognizance, and file the same in the office of the clerk of the court to which the petition is made returnable or with the judge of the court, if it has no clerk.
12 V.S.A. § 2366
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 101 - New Trials; Appeals for Fraud, Accident, or Mistake|§ 2366. Failure to prosecute petition

§ 2366. Failure to prosecute petition|If the petition is not served or filed within such time as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for the service or filing of the complaint in a civil action in a Superior Court, the action may be dismissed on motion and notice. The Court shall thereupon render judgment for the petitionee to recover his or her costs, and, if the Court is of opinion that the petition was brought to delay the collection of an execution, it shall award to the original creditor 12 percent interest on the original debt, with double costs. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 55, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 2383
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 102 - Appellate Procedure|§ 2383. Time for filing notice of appeal

§ 2383. Time for filing notice of appeal|Except as otherwise provided by law, a notice of appeal shall be filed within 30 days from the date of the entry of any appealable judgment, order, ruling, decree or sentence of any court, commission, board, agency, or department of the State or any political subdivision thereof. The Supreme Court may by rule provide for extension of the time for appeal to allow a cross appeal or for cause. (1959, No. 261, § 47; amended 1961, No. 181, § 2; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 56, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 2386
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 102 - Appellate Procedure|§ 2386. Passing causes before final judgment

§ 2386. Passing causes before final judgment|(a) Before final judgment in civil actions or proceedings in the Superior Courts, an appeal to the Supreme Court for the determination of questions of law may be taken in such manner and under such conditions as the Supreme Court may by rule provide.(b) In its discretion and before final judgment, a Superior Court may permit an appeal to be taken by the respondent or the State in a criminal cause to the Supreme Court for determination of questions of law. The Supreme Court shall hear and determine the questions and render final judgment thereon or remand the proceedings as justice and the state of the cause may require. (Added 1959, No. 261, § 50; amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 57, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 74, 74a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
12 V.S.A. § 2422
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 103 - Passing Causes to Supreme Court|§ 2422. Appeal by State

§ 2422. Appeal by State|In a suit or prosecution in the name of the State, tried in the Superior Court, the determination of which may affect the title to the property or right of property of the State or a right or franchise of the State or of the public, an appeal may be taken by the State from the opinion of the court on questions of law arising on the trial, and the cause shall pass to the Supreme Court for determination, as in civil causes. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 57; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 2432
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 103 - Passing Causes to Supreme Court|§ 2432. Passing causes to Supreme Court; recognizance in ejectment cases.

§ 2432. Passing causes to Supreme Court; recognizance in ejectment cases.|In actions brought under the provisions of sections 4851-4853 of this title, within three business days after judgment, the appealing party shall give security to the other party by way of recognizance or bond approved by the Court to pay the costs as the other party shall finally recover against him or her. If the appealing party is the defendant, he or she shall also give the security for rents then due and intervening rent. If final judgment is for the plaintiff, the costs, damages, and rents may be recovered by an action upon the recognizance or an action on contract founded on the judgment. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 64; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 58, 237, eff. March 29, 1972; 2017, No. 11, § 15.)
12 V.S.A. § 2497
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 105 - Writs of Error|§ 2497. Limitation of time for proceedings in certiorari

§ 2497. Limitation of time for proceedings in certiorari|Proceedings in certiorari shall be commenced within one year after the rendition of the judgment or order to review which proceedings are commenced. If a person entitled to bring proceedings is, at the time the judgment or order is rendered, a minor, or a person who lacks capacity to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or imprisoned, he or she may bring them within one year after the disability is removed. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 59, eff. March 29, 1972; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 47.)
12 V.S.A. § 2551
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|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 Courts|The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction of questions of law arising in the course of the proceedings of the Superior Courts in probate matters, as in other causes. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 75, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
12 V.S.A. § 2553
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 107 - Appeals From Probate Court|§ 2553. Appeals to Civil Division; appellate jurisdiction

§ 2553. Appeals to Civil Division; appellate jurisdiction|The Civil Division of the Superior Court shall have appellate jurisdiction of matters originally within the jurisdiction of the Probate Division of the Superior Court, except as herein otherwise provided. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2011, No. 1, § 4, eff. Feb. 2, 2011.)
12 V.S.A. § 2555
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 107 - Appeals From Probate Court|§ 2555. Appeal to Civil Division

§ 2555. Appeal to Civil Division|Except as otherwise provided, a person interested in an order, sentence, decree, or denial of a Probate Division of the Superior Court, who considers himself or herself injured thereby, may appeal therefrom to the Civil Division of the Superior Court. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 59; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2011, No. 1, § 5, eff. Feb. 2, 2011.)
12 V.S.A. § 2556
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 107 - Appeals From Probate Court|§ 2556. Appeal from commissioners

§ 2556. Appeal from commissioners|(a) In the two following cases, an executor, administrator, or creditor may appeal to the Superior Court from the decision and report of the commissioners, if notice of appeal is filed with the clerk of the Superior Court appealed to within 30 days after the return of the commissioners' report:  (1) when the commissioners disallow a claim in whole or in part to the amount of $20.00 or more in favor of a creditor or of the estate; (2) when the commissioners allow a claim in whole or in part, and the sum allowed and objected to amounts to $20.00 or more.   (b) In case an appeal is taken as provided in subsection (a) of this section, if a claim in favor of the estate against such claimant or a claim in favor of the claimant against such estate, has not been presented to the commissioner by reason of fraud, accident, or mistake, on trial of such appeal, and upon filing proper statement of such claim in Superior Court, recovery may be had for such claim not presented to the commissioners by reason of such fraud, accident, or mistake. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 60; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 76.)
12 V.S.A. § 2561
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 107 - Appeals From Probate Court|§ 2561. Appeal by creditor, devisee, legatee or heir

§ 2561. Appeal by creditor, devisee, legatee or heir|When an executor or administrator declines to appeal from the decision of the commissioners, a person interested in the estate as creditor, devisee, legatee, or heir may appeal from such decision as the executor or administrator might have done. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 56; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 60, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 2567
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 107 - Appeals From Probate Court|§ 2567. Costs on appeal

§ 2567. Costs on appeal|If costs are taxed against an executor or administrator on appeal to the Supreme or Superior Court, they shall be allowed to him or her in his or her administration account. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 61, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 2681
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2681. Executions in Supreme and Superior Courts; time

§ 2681. Executions in Supreme and Superior Courts; time|(a) The Supreme and Superior Courts may issue executions on final judgments rendered by them, which shall be made returnable within 60 days from the date thereof. Such executions may be issued so long as the judgment remains unsatisfied, but not after eight years from the date of rendition of the judgment, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.(b) Executions on small claims court judgments may be made so long as the judgment remains unsatisfied, but not after eight years from the date of rendition of the judgment. Actions to renew small claims court judgments shall be brought by filing a complaint in small claims court prior to the expiration of the judgment, and may be made for the amount of the judgment and any postjudgment costs, fees, and interest allowed by law. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 65, eff. March 29, 1972; 1979, No. 67, § 5, eff. date, see note set out below; 2007, No. 39, § 6.)
12 V.S.A. § 2682
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2682. Names of attorneys to be indorsed

§ 2682. Names of attorneys to be indorsed|The name of an attorney of record for the plaintiff, and for the defendant, if any, shall be indorsed on such execution by the officer signing the same.
12 V.S.A. § 2683
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2683. Executions on judgments of District Courts; time

§ 2683. Executions on judgments of District Courts; time|Executions issued upon a judgment rendered by a District Court shall be made returnable within 60 days from the date thereof. Such executions may be issued so long as the judgment remains unsatisfied, but not after eight years from the date of rendition of the judgment. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. April 9, 1974; 1979, No. 67, § 6, eff. date, see note set out below.)
12 V.S.A. § 2684
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2684. Collection of execution enjoined, time not reckoned

§ 2684. Collection of execution enjoined, time not reckoned|When the collection of an execution in the hands of an officer is enjoined, such officer may retain the same. If the injunction is vacated, the time between the issuing and vacating thereof shall not be included in counting the number of days the execution has to run. Upon the vacating of such injunction, the clerk of the Superior Court, on demand, shall give the plaintiff in such execution a certificate of the date of the injunction and when vacated. On receipt of such certificate, the officer holding such execution shall proceed to levy and collect the execution, and shall annex such certificate to his or her return thereon. (1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 236, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 2685
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2685. Continuance of subsequent attachments

§ 2685. Continuance of subsequent attachments|If attached property is encumbered by a prior attachment, the subsequent attachment shall continue after the removal of the encumbrance for such time as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for the continuance of attachments generally. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 66, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 2686
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2686. Execution for subsequent attaching creditor

§ 2686. Execution for subsequent attaching creditor|(a) When a subsequent attaching creditor recovers judgment while a prior action is pending, on which the same property is attached, he or she may take an execution on such judgment at any time within 30 days after all prior attachments are discharged, if the property attached is personal property, and, if real estate, within five months after the prior attachments are discharged, though more than a year and a day have passed after the rendition of such judgment. If an execution was taken out at the time of the rendition of such judgment, which is unsatisfied, the plaintiff may take out other executions thereon within the time aforesaid, though the judgment has lain dormant for more than a year and a day. Such execution, or other executions, if so taken out, shall hold the lien on the goods or estate so attached, if put into the hands of the attaching officer within 30 days after the discharge of all liens on such property, if the property was personal, or five months, if real estate.(b) If more than a year and a day have expired from the rendition of the judgment, the magistrate issuing such execution shall state therein that the plaintiff was a subsequent attaching creditor.
12 V.S.A. § 2688
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2688. Officer to endorse time of receiving; preference

§ 2688. Officer to endorse time of receiving; preference|When an execution issued on a judgment is received by an officer authorized by law to levy and serve the same, he or she shall endorse thereon, without fee, the day of the month and year when he or she received it. If two or more executions are delivered to him or her against the same person, the one first delivered shall be first satisfied.
12 V.S.A. § 2689
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2689. Officer to demand payment

§ 2689. Officer to demand payment|Such officer shall repair to the debtor's usual place of abode, if within his or her precinct, and demand of the debtor the sum required to be levied by such execution, with the interest thereon, and the charges for serving the same.
12 V.S.A. § 2690
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 111 - Levy of Execution|§ 2690. Appointment of agent of creditor

§ 2690. Appointment of agent of creditor|When an execution is delivered to an officer for service in a county other than that in which the creditor or his or her attorney of record resides, such creditor or such attorney shall endorse on the execution the name of a person in the county in which the execution is to be levied, to be the agent of the creditor for the purpose of receiving the money on such execution and for giving to or receiving from such officer necessary notices relating thereto. Notices given to such agent shall be as effectual as if given to the creditor.