The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 3171)
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§ 3171. Service of order; liability of trustee
(a) The order shall be served on the trustee at the request of the judgment creditor,
and shall state the address of the judgment creditor to which amounts withheld are
to be delivered, and the following warnings:
(1) no employee may be discharged from employment on account of trustee process issued
against earnings;
(2) failure to withhold and deliver non-exempt earnings as directed herein may make you
liable to the judgment creditor for the amounts you fail to withhold and deliver together
with any costs, interest, and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in their collection.
(b) Any employer who fails to honor the order of the court shall be liable to the judgment
creditor in the amounts that employer has failed to withhold and deliver together
with any costs, interest, and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in their collection.
The judgment debtor shall have no additional liability for those costs, interest,
or attorneys’ fees.
(c) As soon as reasonably practicable, the trustee shall notify the court and the judgment
creditor of termination of the judgment debtor’s employment.
(d) Upon full satisfaction or payment of the debt upon which the judgment is based, the
judgment creditor forthwith shall notify the employer of the judgment debtor, in writing,
and the employer shall thereafter cease withholding from the earnings of the judgment
debtor. (Added 1979, No. 67, § 2, eff. date, see note set out below.)