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: 20 V.S.A. § 26)
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§ 26. Change of venue because of an all-hazards event
In the event that the place where a civil action or a criminal prosecution is required
by law to be brought has become and remains unsafe because of an attack upon the United
States or Canada or an all-hazards event, such action or prosecution may be brought
in or, if already pending, may be transferred to the Superior Court in an unaffected
unit and there tried in the place provided by law for such court. (Added 1959, No. 23, § 7, eff. March 6, 1959; amended 1965, No. 194, § 10; 1973, No. 118, § 23, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 156; 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. July 1, 2024.)