The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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TOWN LIABILITY FOR NEGLECTING REPAIRS
(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 986)
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§ 986. When one town is out of State
When the damage mentioned in section 985 of this title accrues in consequence of the insufficiency or want of repair of a bridge built and
maintained by two or more towns, one or more of which are out of this State, the action
shall be brought against the town or towns within this State liable for repairs.
The proportion of the damage with costs shall be paid by the town or towns in the
proportion in which it or they are liable for the repairs. The court may issue execution
as provided in section 985 of this title. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)