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.
(Cite as: 9A V.S.A. § 3-119)
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§ 3—119. Notice of right to defend action
In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over
pursuant to this article or Article 4 of this title, the defendant may give the third
person written notice of the litigation, and the person notified may then give similar
notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the notice states (i) that the
person notified may come in and defend and (ii) that failure to do so will bind the
person notified in an action later brought by the person giving the notice as to any
determination of fact common to the two litigations, the person notified is so bound
unless after seasonable receipt of the notice the person notified does come in and
defend. (Added 1993, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)