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 127 : Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 4015)-
§ 4015. Exoneration of agent
A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of duty is binding on the principal and the principal’s successors in interest except to the extent the provision:
(1) relieves the agent of liability for breach of duty committed:
(A) dishonestly;
(B) in bad faith;
(C) with reckless indifference to the purposes of the power of attorney;
(D) through willful misconduct;
(E) through gross negligence; or
(F) with actual fraud; or
(2) was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary relationship with the principal. (Added 2023, No. 60, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)
