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
001
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GENERALLY; ACTIONS IN WHICH AVAILABLE; PERSONS AND PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TRUSTEE PROCESS
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 3020)
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§ 3020. Exemptions from trustee process generally
The following named bodies corporate and persons shall not be liable or chargeable
on trustee process:
(1) A fire insurance company on account of a sum due from such company to the defendant
in consequence of loss by fire of property exempt from attachment and execution;
(2) A life insurance company by reason of having in its hands money not exceeding $500.00
due or payable under a policy of life insurance;
(3) A person having in his or her hands monies due or belonging to the debtor, as his
or her debenture as a member or officer of the General Assembly or as a petit or grand
juror attending Superior Court;
(4) A member of the General Assembly or officer of the State required to attend upon the
General Assembly or to report thereto, upon a contract, express or implied, for board
and lodging furnished to him or her by the principal debtor while attending the session
of the General Assembly;
(5) [Repealed.]
(6) A person indebted for the services of a minor or married woman in an action against
the parent of such minor or the husband of such married woman;
(7) A corporation by reason of any money due from it to a person residing outside the
State for services rendered outside the State, provided a like sum of money so due
would be exempt from attachment by trustee process in the state where such person
resides.
(8) A person or corporation having in his, her, or its possession any goods, effects,
or credits of a municipality, in any action or suit against such municipality as principal
debtor or defendant. (Amended 1966, No. 8 (Sp. Sess.); 1969, No. 87, eff. April 18, 1969; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 237, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)