The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 14 : Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 071 : Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators
Subchapter 002 : SURVIVAL OF CAUSES
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 1453)-
§ 1453. Survival of causes of action
The causes of action mentioned in sections 1451 and 1452 of this title shall survive. Actions based thereon may be commenced and prosecuted by or against the executor or administrator. When the actions are commenced in the lifetime of the deceased, after death the same may be prosecuted by or against the executor or administrator where by law that mode of prosecution is authorized. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 69; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)