2011 Vermont Code
Title 12 Court Procedure
Chapter 61 WITNESSES
§ 1623 Penalty for disobeying subpoena
§ 1623. Penalty for disobeying subpoena
When a person upon whom a subpoena is legally served fails to appear according to such subpoena, without reasonable excuse, he shall forfeit to the party which issued the subpoena or on whose behalf it was issued a sum set by the court, but not exceeding $100.00 plus all costs of litigation incurred by that party as a result of the respondent's noncompliance, including but not limited to costs of issuing new subpoenas and incurring additional expenses for expert witnesses. Such person shall also pay such party all just damages, to be recovered in an action of tort on this statute. (Amended 1983, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), { 6.)
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