The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 4 : Judiciary
Chapter 021 : Commissioners in Other States and Foreign Countries
(Cite as: 4 V.S.A. § 851)-
§ 851. Appointment and powers of commissioners
The Governor may appoint commissioners in other states and in foreign countries who shall hold office for five years unless sooner removed by him or her. They may take depositions, affidavits, and testimony to be used in any proceedings in Superior Court; administer oaths; and take the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments to be used or recorded in this State, and their acts in other states or foreign countries shall have the same force as though performed by a justice or master in this State. (Amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. July 1, 2022.)