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: 24 V.S.A. § 1206)
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§ 1206. Evidence
(a) All testimony of parties and witnesses must be made under oath or affirmation.
(b) Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. The rules
of evidence as applied in civil cases in the Superior Courts of this State shall be
followed. When necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof under
those rules, evidence not admissible under those rules may be admitted if it is of
a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent people in the conduct of their affairs.
(c) When a hearing will be expedited and the interests of the parties will not be prejudiced
substantially, any part of the evidence may be received in written form, to expedite
the presentation of direct testimony of a witness, provided the witness is available
for direct testimony and cross-examination at the hearing on this evidence.
(d) Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, if the original
is not readily available. Upon request, parties shall be given an opportunity to compare
the copy with the original. (Added 1993, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 44, eff. March 15, 1995.)