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Title 12 : Court Procedure
Chapter 213 : Judicial Forms
Subchapter 003 : ARREST, BAIL, BONDS, AND RECOGNIZANCES
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 6009)-
§ 6009. Poor debtor—oath
Poor Debtor’s Oath
The oath to poor debtors shall be administered by the commissioners of jail delivery in the following form:
“You solemnly swear that you have not estate, real or personal, to the amount of $20.00, nor sufficient to satisfy the execution on which you are committed, except such as is exempt from execution; and that you have not, directly or indirectly, disposed of any part of your estate to defraud your creditors; and that you have not, since your commitment, disposed of any of your property to defraud the creditor on whose execution you are committed. So help you God.”
