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12 V.S.A. § 552
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 552. Absence from State

§ 552. Absence from State|If a person is out of the State when a cause of action of a personal nature mentioned in this chapter accrues against him or her, the action may be commenced within the time limited therefor after such person comes into the State. If a person is absent from and resides out of the State after a cause of action accrues against him or her and before the statute has run, and he or she has not known property within the State which can by common process of law be attached, the time of his or her absence shall not be taken as a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action. The provisions of this section shall not extend to a cause of action accruing in another state or government, when the parties thereto at the time of the accruing of such cause of action are residents of such other state or government.
12 V.S.A. § 553
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 553. Member of Armed Services; tolling statute of limitations

§ 553. Member of Armed Services; tolling statute of limitations|When an inhabitant of this State is in the Military or Naval Service of the United States or is a member of the Vermont National Guard and has been ordered to State active duty and, at the time of entering such service or duty, had a cause of action against another person, or another person had a cause of action against him or her, the time spent in such Military or Naval Service outside this State or the time spent in State active duty shall not be taken as part of the time limited for the bringing of an action by or against him or her founded on such causes. The limitation period for a cause of action shall be tolled during the duration of the person's out-of-state Military or Naval Service, or State Active Duty Service, plus an additional 60 days. (Amended 2011, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 5a.)
12 V.S.A. § 554
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 554. Alien enemies in time of war

§ 554. Alien enemies in time of war|When a person is disabled to prosecute an action by being a subject or citizen of a country at war with the United States, the time of the continuance of such war shall not be deemed part of the respective periods limited in this chapter for the commencement of actions.
12 V.S.A. § 555
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 555. Fraud

§ 555. Fraud|When a person entitled to bring a personal action is prevented from so doing by the fraudulent concealment of the cause of such action by the person against whom it lies, the period prior to the discovery of such cause of action shall be excluded in determining the time limited for the commencement thereof.
12 V.S.A. § 555a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 555a. Fraudulent transfers

§ 555a. Fraudulent transfers|Limitations of actions with respect to fraudulent transfers or obligations under 9 V.S.A. chapter 57, subchapter 1, shall be governed by the provisions of 9 V.S.A. § 2293. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
12 V.S.A. § 556
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 556. Injunction staying action

§ 556. Injunction staying action|When the commencement of an action is stayed by injunction, the time during which such injunction is in force shall not be deemed a part of the time in this chapter limited for the commencement of such action.
12 V.S.A. § 557
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 557. Death of party

§ 557. Death of party|(a) If a person, by or against whom an action may be brought, dies before the expiration of the time within which such action may be commenced as provided by this chapter or dies within 30 days after the expiration of such times, the period of limitation as to such action shall cease to operate at the date of his or her death. After the issuance of letters testamentary or of administration, such action, if the cause of action survives, may be commenced by or against the executor or administrator within two years, and not after.(b) If commissioners are appointed on such estate and the claim against the decedent is a claim proper for the consideration of the commissioners, the same shall be presented to the commissioners within the time allowed other creditors to present their claims. Such claim may be presented to the commissioners any time within 15 years after the date of such death, and not after, but such claim shall be presented in accordance with the provisions of 14 V.S.A. chapter 65.
12 V.S.A. § 558
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 558. New action after failure of original action

§ 558. New action after failure of original action|(a) The plaintiff may commence a new action for the same cause within one year after the determination of the original action, when the original action has been commenced within the time limited by any statute of this State, and the action has been determined for any of the following reasons:  (1) where the action is dismissed for insufficiency of process caused by unavoidable accident or by default or neglect of the officer to whom the process was committed; (2) where the action is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction of the subject matter or person, improper venue, or failure to join an indispensable party; (3) where the action is defeated or avoided by the death of a party thereto; (4) where judgment for the plaintiff is reversed on appeal on one of the grounds listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.   (b) If the cause of action survives, the plaintiff's executor or administrator may commence the action within one year after the determination of the original action. If an executor or administrator is not appointed within that time, then the new action may be commenced within one year after letters testamentary or of administration are granted. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 34, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. date, see note set out below.)
12 V.S.A. § 559
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 559. Rights not affected by a descent cast

§ 559. Rights not affected by a descent cast|The right of a person to the possession of real estate shall not be impaired or affected by a descent being cast in consequence of the death of a person in possession of such estate.
12 V.S.A. § 560
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 560. Childhood sexual abuse

§ 560. Childhood sexual abuse|When a person entitled to bring an action for damages as a result of childhood sexual abuse is unable to commence the action as a direct result of the damages caused by the sexual abuse, the period during which the person is incapacitated shall not be taken as a part of the time limited for commencement of the action. (Added 1989, No. 292 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
12 V.S.A. § 591
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 591. New promise must be in writing and signed

§ 591. New promise must be in writing and signed|An acknowledgment or promise shall not be held to affect a defense made under the provisions of this chapter, unless such acknowledgment or promise is in writing signed by the party affected thereby.
12 V.S.A. § 592
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 592. Indorsement or memorandum of payment

§ 592. Indorsement or memorandum of payment|This chapter shall not alter or take away the effect of the payment of any principal or interest; but an indorsement or memorandum of such payment made upon a promissory note, bill of exchange, or other writing, unless in the handwriting of the party making the payment, shall not be proof of the payment sufficient to take the cause out of the provisions of this chapter.
12 V.S.A. § 593
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 593. Joint promisors- Promise or payment by one

§ 593. Joint promisors- Promise or payment by one|When there are two or more joint contractors, or joint executors, or administrators of a contractor, such joint contractor, executor, or administrator shall not lose the benefit of the provisions of this chapter, so as to be chargeable by reason of an acknowledgment, promise, or payment made or signed by any other of them.
12 V.S.A. § 594
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 23 - Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions|§ 594. Recovery where action not barred as to all

§ 594. Recovery where action not barred as to all|In actions against two or more joint contractors, or joint executors or administrators of a contractor, if it appears on the trial that the plaintiff is barred by the provisions of this chapter as to any of the defendants, but is entitled to recover against any other of them by virtue of a new acknowledgment or promise, or otherwise, judgment shall be given for the plaintiff as to any of the defendants against whom he or she is entitled to recover, and for the other defendant or defendants against the plaintiff.
12 V.S.A. § 654
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 654. Signing of original writs

§ 654. Signing of original writs|(a) [Repealed.](b) The signing of original writs is a ministerial act and may be done in advance of issuance. The signature of an attorney, except when he or she is the plaintiff, to a writ, pleading, notice of appeal, or other form, constitutes and shall be deemed security, by way of recognizance, for the issuance of such writ or the filing of such pleading, notice of appeal, or other form, and such attorney shall be liable to each defendant in the sum of $50.00 for writs returnable to a Superior Court. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 5; 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 237, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 69.)
12 V.S.A. § 662
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 662. Signing citations attached to highway petitions

§ 662. Signing citations attached to highway petitions|Superior judges may sign citations returnable to the Superior Court in the county in which they reside, which are attached to petitions relative to highways. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 10, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 691
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 691. Service of civil or criminal process

§ 691. Service of civil or criminal process|(a) Sheriffs and constables may serve either civil or criminal process, anywhere within the State and returnable to any court.(b) Sheriffs and constables shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for unlawful trespass in serving either civil or criminal process, including citations, summons, subpoenas, warrants, and other court orders, provided the scope of their entrance onto the property of another is no more than necessary to effectuate the service of process. (Amended 2013, No. 49, § 2.)
12 V.S.A. § 692
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 692. Deputy sheriffs

§ 692. Deputy sheriffs|Deputy sheriffs shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities in the service of process as sheriffs, whether the process is directed to the sheriff or the deputy. If a sheriff is confined in prison upon legal process, his or her deputies may serve precepts in their hands at the time and such as they receive within three days thereafter.
12 V.S.A. § 693
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 693. Constables

§ 693. Constables|In the service of process, constables shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities and penalties as sheriffs.
12 V.S.A. § 694
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 694. Disqualifications

§ 694. Disqualifications|(a) An officer shall not serve a writ drawn on a note originally payable to himself or herself and sued in the name of an indorsee, nor where he or she, or a private corporation of which he or she is a member, is a party or interested.(b) Such officer shall not be disqualified from serving process for or against a town or county by reason of being a taxpayer therein nor for or against a railroad corporation by reason of being a taxpayer in a town owning stock in such corporation, nor for or against a savings bank or savings institution by reason of being a corporator or officer thereof.
12 V.S.A. § 695
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 695. Receipt for process

§ 695. Receipt for process|A person may demand a receipt of an officer to whom he or she delivers a writ or precept, in which the sum or thing in demand, the date of such writ or precept and of its delivery, shall be stated. On the refusal of such officer to execute such receipt, a person present may subscribe his or her name as a witness to such delivery.
12 V.S.A. § 696
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 696. Sheriffs' duties to receive, execute, and return writs

§ 696. Sheriffs' duties to receive, execute, and return writs|Sheriffs shall receive all writs and precepts issuing from lawful authority at any time and place within their respective precincts, unless they can show reasonable cause to the contrary, and shall execute and return the same agreeably to the direction thereof.
12 V.S.A. § 697
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 697. Sheriffs' liabilities

§ 697. Sheriffs' liabilities|A sheriff who willfully refuses or neglects to serve or return such writ or precept, or who makes a false or undue return, shall be fined not more than $100.00 with costs and shall pay to the party aggrieved damages sustained thereby.
12 V.S.A. § 698
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 698. Special deputations

§ 698. Special deputations|(a) The sheriff may depute a proper person to serve a writ at the risk of the plaintiff in such writ by indorsing thereon a special deputation, and, when he or she deems it necessary, may depute some person to serve a warrant in a criminal cause or any other precept by indorsing a special deputation on such writ or precept.(b) Such special deputy shall make oath to his or her service and return and that he or she did not make or alter the writ, warrant, or precept by him or her served. He or she shall cause to be indorsed thereon a certificate of such oath. Service so made shall be as valid as if made by the sheriff.
12 V.S.A. § 699
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 699. Removal or resignation of sheriff

§ 699. Removal or resignation of sheriff|A sheriff removed from or resigning his or her office or at the expiration of his or her term of office may execute writs or precepts in his or her hands at the time. Service so made shall be as valid as if made by the sheriff.
12 V.S.A. § 700
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 700. Completion of service of process or foreclosure of mortgage or lien

§ 700. Completion of service of process or foreclosure of mortgage or lien|When an officer who by law may serve process dies, becomes ill, disqualified, or incapacitated, having in his or her hands any process for service, or any chattel mortgage or conditional sale lien for foreclosure, any other officer who may by law serve such process or make such foreclosure and who has a knowledge of the facts may certify the proceedings thereon of such original officer, and make or complete such service or foreclosure, as the case may be
12 V.S.A. § 701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 701. Summons

§ 701. Summons|(a) Any law enforcement officer authorized to serve criminal process or a State's Attorney may summon a person who commits an offense to appear before Superior Court by a summons in such form as prescribed by the Court Administrator, stating the time when, and the place where, the person shall appear, signed by the enforcement officer or State's Attorney and delivered to the person.(b) When an individual accepts a precharge services contract, the State's Attorney may issue a new citation ordering the individual to court in the event the individual fails to comply with the terms of the contract. The pretrial monitor may provide the citation to the individual at the time the individual accepts the precharge contract. This shall be considered effective service.(c) A person so summoned shall appear at the time and place stated in the summons delivered to him or her. A person who does not so appear shall be fined not more than $100.00 or be imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.(d) [Repealed.]  (Added 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. July 1, 1972; amended 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. July 1, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2015, No. 12, § 3, eff. May 1, 2015; 2018, No. 8 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 28, 2018.)
12 V.S.A. § 731
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 731. Indifferent person, appointment of

§ 731. Indifferent person, appointment of|When a summons, writ, or other process is not specially required by law to be served by an officer, any Superior judge, or any judge of the court to which the process is returnable, may appoint an indifferent person to serve the process if it appears that service by that person will be more economical or efficient than service by an officer. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 37, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 732
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 732. Power of specially appointed person

§ 732. Power of specially appointed person|The person so appointed shall have the power of a sheriff in the service and return of the process, and he or she shall make proof of the service by affidavit. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 38, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 733
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 733. Fees

§ 733. Fees|When the service of any process is made for a party by a person specially appointed for that purpose, fees for the service shall not be recoverable of or taxed against the opposite party in excess of one-half of the taxable fees of a proper officer, had the process been served by that officer. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 39, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 734
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 734. Property taken from specially appointed person by officer

§ 734. Property taken from specially appointed person by officer|When property is attached or taken in execution by a person specially appointed, it may be taken by an officer having an attachment or execution against it from the possession of the specially appointed person or his or her receiptor, but subject to the lien created by the previous attachment or taking in execution. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 40, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 735
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 735. Delivery of writ; return; completion of service

§ 735. Delivery of writ; return; completion of service|When property is taken as outlined in section 734 of this title, the person specially appointed shall deliver to the officer the writ of attachment or execution upon which he or she took the property, with a return of his or her action thereon, unless the writ has been returned to the attorney or court signing the writ. The officer shall complete the service thereof. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 41, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 736
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 736. Officer's duties and liabilities

§ 736. Officer's duties and liabilities|When property is taken by an officer from the possession of a specially appointed person or his or her receiptor, the officer shall be subject to the duties and liabilities relating to the property and arising by virtue of the previous attachment or taking in execution and shall be responsible for the property to the plaintiff or creditor having the prior lien thereon by virtue of the attachment, as the specially appointed person or his or her receiptor would have been if the property had not been taken from his or her possession. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 42, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 780
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 780. Indorsement of fees

§ 780. Indorsement of fees|The officer serving process shall indorse thereon his or her fees and charges and the number of miles actually and necessarily traveled in the performance of his or her duty in serving the same, otherwise his or her fees shall not be allowed.
12 V.S.A. § 814
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 814. Partnerships and unincorporated associations- suit in firm name; service of process

§ 814. Partnerships and unincorporated associations- suit in firm name; service of process|A partnership or an unincorporated association or joint stock company may sue and be sued in its firm, associate, or company name and service of process against such partnership, association, or company made upon any officer, a managing or general agent, a superintendent, any member thereof, or any agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process, shall have the same force and effect as regards the joint rights, property, and effects of the partnership, association, or company as if served upon all the partners, associates, or shareholders. (Amended 1959, No. 261, § 9.)
12 V.S.A. § 815
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 815. Nonabatement on change in officers or members

§ 815. Nonabatement on change in officers or members|Such cause shall not abate by reason of the death, removal, or resignation of the president, other principal officer, clerk, or treasurer, or by the death or legal incapacity of any such partner, associate, or shareholder, or by reason of any change in the membership of such partnership, association, or company during the pendency of such cause.
12 V.S.A. § 851
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 851. Service on Secretary of State

§ 851. Service on Secretary of State|When a foreign corporation has appointed the Secretary of State as its process agent pursuant to the statutes relating to such corporations, service of process made upon the Secretary by delivering to him or her duplicate copies thereof, shall be sufficient. A copy of the stipulation, filed under the provisions of 11 V.S.A. § 3011, 11A V.S.A. § 15.10, and 11B V.S.A. § 15.10, certified by the Secretary, with his or her certificate that process has been served on him or her, shall be sufficient evidence thereof.
12 V.S.A. § 852
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 25 - Process|§ 852. Fees; mailing of copy to corporation

§ 852. Fees; mailing of copy to corporation|When process is served on the Secretary of State under the provisions of section 851 of this title, there shall be paid to him or her by the officer at the time of such service the sum of $5.00. The Secretary shall forthwith forward by mail prepaid one of the duplicate copies to the corporation at its home office or to a person whom it designates. (Amended 1963, No. 37, § 6; 1967, No. 278 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. July 1, 1968.)