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
005
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DISCHARGE FROM IMPRISONMENT; POOR DEBTORS
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 3690)
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§ 3690. Effect of discharge
Upon taking such oath, the prisoner shall be discharged as other persons are discharged
upon taking the poor debtor’s oath, and shall thereafter be free from arrest or imprisonment
upon an execution issued upon any judgment rendered in such bastardy proceedings or
founded thereon. The judgment shall remain in force, and the plaintiff may have execution
against his or her property for nonpayment of orders of court, or may sustain an action
of contract thereon.