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: 15 V.S.A. § 1003)
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§ 1003. Instruments void
Any contract or instrument executed after July 1, 1974 within this State in payment,
satisfaction, settlement, or compromise of any claim or cause of action abolished
by this chapter, whether such claim or cause of action arose within or outside this
State, is contrary to the public policy of this State and absolutely void. Nothing
in this section shall affect the rights of parties to settle or compromise any suit
duly begun or pending on July 1, 1974. (Added 1973, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.).)