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. § 5249)
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§ 5249. When the principal has removed from the State
When a person liable as sheriff or high bailiff for official misconduct, neglect,
or default has removed from the State leaving no known attachable property therein,
so that service of process cannot be made upon him or her, an action founded in contract
may be brought directly upon the recognizance or bond of the sheriff or high bailiff
and his or her sureties by the party entitled thereto, without first bringing suit
against the sheriff or high bailiff. In the action, the sureties may make any defense
which their principal might have made if the action had been against him or her directly
for the misconduct, neglect, or default. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 164, eff. March 29, 1972.)