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2005 Vermont Code - § 5531. — Rules governing procedure

§ 5531. Rules governing procedure

(a) The supreme court, pursuant to section 1 of this title, shall make rules under this chapter applicable to such court providing for a simple, informal and inexpensive procedure for the determination, according to the rules of substantive law, of actions of a civil nature of which they have jurisdiction, other than actions for slander or libel and in which the plaintiff does not claim as debt or damage more than $3,500.00. The procedure shall not be exclusive, but shall be alternative to the formal procedure begun by the filing of a complaint.

(b) Venue in small claims actions shall be governed by section 402 of this title. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 8, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1967, No. 65; 1967, No. 311 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 22, 1968; 1971, No. 44, § 1; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 40, eff. April 9, 1974; 1977, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1983, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1993, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1996.)

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