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.
Title 11 : Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 015 : Assumed Business Names, Partnerships, And Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations; Administrative Authority; Administrative Provisions
Subchapter 002 : ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 1638)-
§ 1638. Authority to reject, amend, or terminate
(a) The Secretary of State shall have the authority to:
(1) reject a record submitted for filing that the Secretary reasonably determines contains false, fraudulent, or clearly erroneous information; and
(2) amend a record or terminate the registration of a person who the Secretary determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, has submitted false or fraudulent information in a record, or has attempted or submitted a record for filing in bad faith, without lawful authority, or to commit fraud or cause injury.
(b)(1) If the Secretary terminates the registration of a person pursuant to this section, or the Secretary’s rejection or amendment of a record results in the person’s failure to designate or maintain an agent for service of process, then the person appoints the Secretary as the person’s agent for service of process.
(2) Upon receipt of process, the Secretary of State shall deliver by registered mail a copy of the process to the person’s last known address.
(c) A person aggrieved by a final decision of the Secretary under this section may appeal to the Superior Court of Washington County, which shall consider the matter de novo. (Added 2025, No. 10, § 4, eff. July 1, 2025.)
