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. § 185)
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§ 185. Emergency interim successors for local elected officers
The elected officers of political subdivisions shall, immediately after the date that
they shall have been appointed and qualified, designate by title, if feasible, or
by named person, emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession.
The officer shall, each year, review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant
to this chapter to ensure their current status. The officer shall designate a sufficient
number of persons so that, including deputies, there will be not less than three emergency
interim successors. Promptly after the designations are made, and after a revision
of the designations, copies shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. In the
event that any officer of any political subdivision, or his or her deputy provided
for pursuant to law, is unavailable, the powers of the office shall be exercised and
duties shall be discharged by his or her designated emergency interim successors in
the order specified. The emergency interim successors, in the order specified, shall
exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which designated until
such time as a vacancy that exists is filled in accordance with the Constitution or
statutes; or until the officer, or his or her deputy or a preceding emergency interim
successor, again becomes available to exercise the powers and discharge the duties
of his or her office. (Added 1959, No. 13, § 6, eff. March 4, 1959; amended 2021, No. 20, § 133.)