The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 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.
Subchapter
003
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WAGE LIENS
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 1971)
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§ 1971. Unpaid wages; statutory lien; priority over subsequent mortgage or lien
(a) A statutory lien is created on the real and personal property of a corporation for
up to 30 days of unpaid wages.
(b) The liability of a corporation to an employee for unpaid wages that were earned for
a 30-day period prior to the filing of a new mortgage or other lien upon the property
of the corporation, in all cases, shall be a first lien thereon, notwithstanding any
mortgage or other lien thereon recorded after such wages were earned. Notice of the
lien if on personal property shall be filed with the Secretary of State and, if on
real property, in the land records, by the employee or the Department of Labor acting
on behalf of one or more employees. An employee who is owed wages or the Department
of Labor acting on behalf of one or more employees may file an action to execute on
the lien in the Civil Division of the Superior Court in the county in which the corporation
has its principal place of business in the State, or in the Civil Division of the
Washington County Superior Court. (Amended 2011, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)