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12 V.S.A. § 3405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 123 - Attachment of Property|§ 3405. Return of sale

§ 3405. Return of sale|When an attaching officer sells property pursuant to any of the preceding sections, within 30 days, he or she shall make a return of his or her sale and any action taken on the writ upon which the attachment was made and return the writ with his or her proceedings to the clerk who signed it or to the clerk of the court in which the action is pending. When the defendant confesses judgment to the plaintiff before he or she makes the return, the officer shall make return to the magistrate before whom the judgment is confessed. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 95, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 3406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 123 - Attachment of Property|§ 3406. Delivery of property to defendant on giving security

§ 3406. Delivery of property to defendant on giving security|The property appraised and ordered sold under the provisions of this subchapter shall be delivered to the defendant, if he or she requires it, upon his or her depositing with the attaching officer the appraised value thereof in money, or giving to him or her satisfactory security for payment of such value, or to satisfy such judgments as are recovered in the actions in which the property is attached, if demanded within the time during which it would have been held by the respective attachments, and to indemnify the officer for such costs and damages as he or she may sustain if such payment is not made within the time aforesaid.
12 V.S.A. § 3407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 123 - Attachment of Property|§ 3407. Officer to account for appraised value

§ 3407. Officer to account for appraised value|Such officer shall be accountable to the attaching creditor for the appraised value only of the property so delivered to the debtor.
12 V.S.A. § 3408
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 123 - Attachment of Property|§ 3408. Sale after return of process

§ 3408. Sale after return of process|After the process has been entered in court and before final judgment, personal property attached on mesne process may be sold or disposed of upon the same requests and in the same manner as provided for the sale or disposal of property so attached, before the process has been entered in court.
12 V.S.A. § 3409
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 123 - Attachment of Property|§ 3409. Officer's return

§ 3409. Officer's return|When an officer sells property as provided in section 3408 of this title, he or she shall forthwith make return of his or her doings and sale to the clerk of the court or to the magistrate before whom the cause is pending. Such return shall be appended to and made part of the officer's return on the original process.
12 V.S.A. § 3410
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 123 - Attachment of Property|§ 3410. Deposit or investment of proceeds

§ 3410. Deposit or investment of proceeds|When property is sold on mesne process returnable to the Superior Court under this subchapter, upon application of either party, the money realized from the sales shall be paid into court, and the clerk thereof shall invest or deposit such money during the pendency of the cause, as the court directs. When the officer has paid the money into court, he or she shall not be responsible to either party therefor. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3471
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3471. Bail or recognizance as including surety bond

§ 3471. Bail or recognizance as including surety bond|The word "bail" or the word "recognizance" wherever used in connection with civil proceedings shall mean a good and sufficient surety bond, if one is furnished. (Amended 1967, No. 337 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 1968.)
12 V.S.A. § 3472
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3472. Surety bond in lieu of recognizance

§ 3472. Surety bond in lieu of recognizance|Whenever in any civil proceeding, surety by way of recognizance is required, the court or magistrate before whom such proceedings are pending may accept a good and sufficient surety bond in lieu of such recognizance. (Amended 1967, No. 337 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 1968.)
12 V.S.A. § 3473
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3473. Insufficiency of recognizance or bail; order for new bail

§ 3473. Insufficiency of recognizance or bail; order for new bail|When it appears that the security or recognizance for the prosecution of a pending cause or an appeal or the bail taken by the officer on the writ, is insufficient to secure the party for whose benefit the same was taken, the court, or the clerk in vacation, in his or her discretion, may order sufficient bail to be entered by a certain time, or that judgment be rendered against the party neglecting to comply with such order. Within the time provided, the party so required to furnish bail shall file with the clerk of the court a bond with sufficient surety in the amount required, to be approved by the clerk, or shall with sufficient surety, so approved, enter into a personal recognizance before the clerk in such amount. Such recognizance shall be entered by the clerk upon the docket of the cause.
12 V.S.A. § 3474
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3474. Release of bail for misrepresentations, etc.

§ 3474. Release of bail for misrepresentations, etc.|When it is made to appear to the court by a person who is bail for a party in a cause pending therein, that he or she was induced to enter bail by misrepresentations or by promise of indemnity which has not been performed, with the consent of the party for whose security the bail is taken, the court may discharge such bail, and order new bail on reasonable terms.
12 V.S.A. § 3476
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3476. Rights of bail- Bailpiece in bastardy proceedings

§ 3476. Rights of bail- Bailpiece in bastardy proceedings|When a surety recognizes before a Superior judge, for the appearance before the Superior Court of a person charged with being the father of a bastard child, the officer making the arrest upon the warrant shall deliver to such surety a bailpiece, if required, provided the recognizance is entered into before a Superior judge. If such recognizance is entered into before a judge of the Superior Court, the keeper of the jail in the county in which the principal is confined shall, if required, deliver to such surety a bailpiece. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3477
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3477. Warrant thereon

§ 3477. Warrant thereon|Upon presentation of a bailpiece to a Superior judge, such magistrate shall issue to the surety a warrant directed to any sheriff or constable in the State, commanding him to assist such surety in apprehending the principal. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3478
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3478. Use of warrant

§ 3478. Use of warrant|When he has occasion to arrest the principal, a surety may use such warrant to surrender him in court in discharge of his bail on the original process or upon scire facias or to secure him until a term of the court in which he may be surrendered for that purpose.
12 V.S.A. § 3479
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3479. Commitment of principal

§ 3479. Commitment of principal|The officer apprehending the principal may commit him to jail in the county in which he was arrested on the original process or in the county in which the process is pending, agreeably to the direction in the warrant. Such commitment shall be considered as a commitment on the original process, if the same is pending.
12 V.S.A. § 3482
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3482. Principal delivered in bastardy proceedings

§ 3482. Principal delivered in bastardy proceedings|A surety on the recognizance in a bastardy complaint may deliver the principal into court in discharge of his recognizance before the principal is adjudged to be the father of such bastard child and the court has made an order charging him with its support, but not after. Such surety may commit the principal to jail so that he may be delivered into court, before such adjudication and order.
12 V.S.A. § 3483
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3483. Commitment of principal

§ 3483. Commitment of principal|When the principal is delivered into court under section 3482 of this title, the court shall order him committed to jail, unless he enters into a recognizance before the court, with sufficient sureties, in the sum fixed by the order of the judge, conditioned as provided by law in such cases. Such commitment shall be deemed a commitment on the original warrant. (Amended 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3484
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3484. Surety may have warrant

§ 3484. Surety may have warrant|A surety in a recognizance taken by a Justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of a Superior Court, or a clerk of the Supreme or Superior Court, may make written application to the authority taking the recognizance for a warrant to apprehend the principal and commit him to jail. The authority taking the recognizance shall thereupon issue such warrant, directed to any sheriff or constable in the State. When the principal is committed to jail on such warrant, the bail shall be discharged. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3521
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3521. Imprisonment for debt abolished

§ 3521. Imprisonment for debt abolished|No person shall be arrested or imprisoned on mesne process. No person shall be arrested or imprisoned on an execution or by other means to enforce a judgment in any civil action for money damages. Notwithstanding the provisions herein, the court shall have full power to punish for contempt. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 96, eff. March 29, 1972; 1979, No. 67, § 1, eff. date, see note set out below.)
12 V.S.A. § 3571
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3571. Place of commitment

§ 3571. Place of commitment|When a person authorized to serve process is required by law to commit a person to jail, such commitment shall be in the county where the arrest is made, unless otherwise required by law. If there is not a legal jail in the county, the commitment shall be made in an adjoining county in which there is a legal jail.
12 V.S.A. § 3572
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3572. Manner of commitment

§ 3572. Manner of commitment|The officer committing a prisoner shall deliver him or her to the keeper of the jail, within the same, and give the keeper an attested copy of the process on which the commitment is made, with his or her return thereon.
12 V.S.A. § 3574
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3574. Penalty for not delivering copy

§ 3574. Penalty for not delivering copy|An officer who does not within six hours deliver a true copy of the warrant or process by which he or she detains a prisoner, to a person who demands such copy and tenders the fees therefor, shall forfeit to such prisoner $200.00, to be recovered in an action of tort on this statute.
12 V.S.A. § 3577
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3577. Privilege from arrest

§ 3577. Privilege from arrest|(a) The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney General, and members of the General Assembly and officers and witnesses whose duty it is to attend thereon, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest and imprisonment during their necessary attendance on and in going to and returning from the General Assembly.(b) A party or witness in a cause pending in any court in the State or before special masters, auditors, referees, or commissioners, and a witness in a criminal cause pending in any such court, shall not be arrested, imprisoned or detained by virtue of civil process. Any witness summoned from outside the State in a criminal cause, pending in any court within the State, shall be privileged from the service of papers of any kind whatsoever, and from arrest for any cause while going to, attending at, or returning from such court or trial of such cause.
12 V.S.A. § 3578
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3578. Pleading privilege from arrest

§ 3578. Pleading privilege from arrest|(a) When a person is privileged from arrest on execution so informs the officer at the time the arrest is made and claims his or her privilege, the giving of a jail bond shall not be deemed a waiver thereof but the facts shall be sufficient defense to an action for breach of condition of the bond.(b) The person making the arrest shall state in his or her return of service of the execution that the person arrested made known to him or her and claimed his or her privilege from arrest. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 106, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 3579
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3579. Detaining public carrier to make arrest; penalties

§ 3579. Detaining public carrier to make arrest; penalties|(a) An officer who has a writ of execution or criminal process for the arrest of a person whom he or she has reason to believe is on a public carrier may notify the operator of the carrier thereof. The operator shall thereupon detain the carrier a reasonable length of time at any place where it is scheduled to stop, and before it leaves the State, to enable the officer to examine the carrier and, if found, to arrest and remove the person against whom he or she has the writ of execution or criminal process.(b) An operator who, after due notice from an officer holding a writ of execution or criminal process as specified in subsection (a) of this section, refuses or neglects to detain the carrier, and in consequence thereof the person sought to be arrested escapes from the borders of this State, if for a civil action, shall be liable to the plaintiff in an action of tort on this statute, for all damages arising therefrom. If for a criminal action, he or she shall be fined not more than $100.00. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 107, eff. March 29, 1972.)
12 V.S.A. § 3580
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3580. Escapes- Jailer to keep prisoner

§ 3580. Escapes- Jailer to keep prisoner|The keeper of a jail shall safely keep a prisoner committed to his or her custody until discharged from imprisonment.
12 V.S.A. § 3581
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3581. Liability for escapes

§ 3581. Liability for escapes|Such keeper shall be liable for escapes made from such jail.
12 V.S.A. § 3582
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3582. County answerable if jail insufficient

§ 3582. County answerable if jail insufficient|When an escape is made in consequence of the insufficiency of the jail, without negligence of the keeper, either in keeping the prisoner or repairing the jail, the county shall be answerable to such keeper for the costs and damages he or she sustains in consequence.
12 V.S.A. § 3585
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3585. Defense and recovery in action on escape

§ 3585. Defense and recovery in action on escape|In an action for an escape, such keeper may prove the circumstances attending the same and the circumstances and property of the prisoner when he or she escapes. The creditor shall recover only the reasonable damages which he or she sustains in consequence of the escape, and his or her costs.
12 V.S.A. § 3689
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3689. Application for discharge; hearing; oath

§ 3689. Application for discharge; hearing; oath|When the petition is granted, after the time fixed by the court or justice, the prisoner may apply to the commissioners of jail delivery in the county for a discharge from imprisonment. After giving notice to the opposite party before such examination, as provided in other cases in this chapter, if they find on examination that such person has not property, except his or her wearing apparel, exceeding $20.00, the commissioners shall administer to him or her the following oath:"You solemnly swear that you have not estate, real or personal, exceeding $20.00, except your wearing apparel, and that you have not disposed of any of your property for the purpose of defrauding the complainant in the proceedings on which you are committed. So help you God."
12 V.S.A. § 3690
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 125 - Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances|§ 3690. Effect of discharge

§ 3690. Effect of discharge|Upon taking such oath, the prisoner shall be discharged as other persons are discharged upon taking the poor debtor's oath, and shall thereafter be free from arrest or imprisonment upon an execution issued upon any judgment rendered in such bastardy proceedings or founded thereon. The judgment shall remain in force, and the plaintiff may have execution against his or her property for nonpayment of orders of court, or may sustain an action of contract thereon.
12 V.S.A. § 3951
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3951. Unlawful restraint

§ 3951. Unlawful restraint|A person shall not be restrained or imprisoned unless by authority of law.
12 V.S.A. § 3952
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3952. Prisoners entitled to writ of habeas corpus

§ 3952. Prisoners entitled to writ of habeas corpus|A person imprisoned in a common jail, or the liberties thereof, or otherwise restrained of his or her liberty by an officer or other person, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of such imprisonment or restraint, and obtain relief therefrom if it is unlawful.
12 V.S.A. § 3953
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3953. Authority to grant writ; complaint

§ 3953. Authority to grant writ; complaint|Such writ may be granted by a Superior judge, or by Superior Court during its sitting, in the county where such person is imprisoned, on application by complaint in writing signed by the party for whose relief it is intended or by some person in his or her behalf, stating the person by whom and the place where the party is imprisoned or restrained, naming the prisoner and the person detaining him or her, if their names are known, and describing them, if they are not known, and stating also the cause or pretense of such imprisonment or restraint, according to the knowledge and belief of the person applying. The petitioner or the State may appeal from the decision on the petition to the Supreme Court under chapter 102 of this title. (Amended 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 12, 1966; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3954
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3954. Copy of process annexed to complaint

§ 3954. Copy of process annexed to complaint|When the imprisonment or restraint is by virtue of a warrant or other process, a copy thereof shall be annexed to the complaint, or it shall appear that copy thereof has been demanded and refused, or that for sufficient reason a demand of such copy could not be made.
12 V.S.A. § 3955
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3955. Complaint to be sworn to

§ 3955. Complaint to be sworn to|The facts set forth in the complaint shall be verified by the oath of the person making the application or by that of some credible witness. Such oath may be administered by the court or magistrate to whom the application is made, or a Superior judge. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3956
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3956. Issue and return of writ

§ 3956. Issue and return of writ|Without delay, such court or magistrate shall award and issue a writ of habeas corpus, which shall be made returnable forthwith.
12 V.S.A. § 3957
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3957. Signing of writ

§ 3957. Signing of writ|When the writ is issued by the Superior Court, it shall be signed by the clerk, otherwise by the magistrate issuing the same. (Amended 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 12, 1966; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
12 V.S.A. § 3958
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3958. Return after court adjourns; procedure

§ 3958. Return after court adjourns; procedure|When the court to which the writ is returnable adjourns before it is returned, the return shall be made before one of the Justices of the Supreme Court. If the writ is in any case returned before one Justice or judge when the court is in session, he or she may adjourn the case into the court, to be there heard and determined as if the writ had been returned into the same court.
12 V.S.A. § 3959
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3959. Designation of person to be served

§ 3959. Designation of person to be served|The person having the custody of the prisoner may be designated by his or her official title, if he or she has any, or by his or her name. If such title or name is unknown or uncertain, he or she may be described by an assumed appellation. Any one upon whom the writ is served shall be deemed the person intended thereby.
12 V.S.A. § 3960
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3960. Designation of prisoner

§ 3960. Designation of prisoner|The prisoner to be produced shall be designated by his or her name, if known, and if that is unknown or uncertain, he or she may be otherwise described so as to make known who is intended.
12 V.S.A. § 3961
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 12 - Court Procedure|Chapter 143 - Habeas Corpus|§ 3961. Pay for transporting prisoner

§ 3961. Pay for transporting prisoner|When the prisoner is confined in a common jail, or in the custody of a civil officer, the court or magistrate issuing the writ shall certify thereon the sum to be paid for bringing him or her from the place of imprisonment. The officer to whom the writ is directed shall not be bound to obey it, unless such sum is paid or tendered to him or her.