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: 19 V.S.A. § 35)
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§ 35. Entrance upon lands for survey
Employees or agents of the Agency, a municipality, or a utility authorized by law
shall be allowed to enter a property for the purpose of making the necessary surveys
and examinations for construction of or improvements and repairs to transportation
and utility facilities, doing as little damage as possible, subject to liability for
actual damages. Whenever practicable, advance notice of the proposed survey or examination
shall be given to the owner or occupant of the property to be entered. No owner or
occupant of property entered upon under authority of this section shall be liable
for any property damage or personal injury resulting from work done by the Agency,
a municipality, or a utility under authority of this section. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 60, § 40, eff. April 25, 1995; 1995, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 18i, eff. May 22, 1996.)