The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
004
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WATER SYSTEM
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 111, § 405)
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§ 405. Petition to contest compensation for taking or use of land
When any person shall be dissatisfied with the award of the Selectboard as made in
any of the cases mentioned in the two preceding sections, or if a person disputes
the necessity of taking of any lands or streams for the purposes mentioned in said
sections, such person may petition the Windsor County Court for an inquiry into such
necessity or a reassessment and award of damages, and such proceedings shall be had
in said court on said petition as are provided by law in the case of an appeal from
the action of Selectboard in taking lands for highway purposes. Said petition shall
be served on the Clerk within 30 days next after said award shall be filed in the
Town Clerk’s office as aforesaid, and at least 12 days before the term of court to
which it is returnable, but nothing in said proceedings shall prevent the Selectboard
from entering upon such land and using said water after the award shall have been
made as herein set forth, and the amount thereof tendered by them, if the petition
mentioned in this section is for a reassessment and award of damages only.