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Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 159 : EXTRADITION AND FRESH PURSUIT
Subchapter 002 : UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 4964)-
§ 4964. Immunity from civil process
A person brought into this State on, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceeding to answer that he or she is returned, until he or she has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or if acquitted, until he or she has had ample opportunity to return to the state from which he or she was extradited.