The Vermont Statutes Online
The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 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 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 001 : Emergency Management
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 26)-
§ 26. Change of venue because of enemy attack
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, 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.)
