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: 12 V.S.A. § 4919)
-
§ 4919. Proceedings when respondent cannot be found
When the sheriff or his or her deputy cannot find the party against whom the warrant
is issued, six business days before the time appointed for returning the same, he
or she may leave a true and attested copy thereof at the usual place of abode of such
person. If, at the return of the warrant, he or she cannot find or apprehend the person
against whom it issued, he or she shall make a return of such fact of the time he
or she so left a copy. If the party complained against does not appear at the time
appointed for trial, a district judge, in his or her discretion, may adjourn or proceed
with the case, but shall not impose a fine at such hearing. (Amended 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 37, eff. April 9, 1974; 2017, No. 11, § 21.)