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2021 Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
Chapter 35 - Drainage of Low Lands
§ 855. Land damages

Universal Citation:
10 VT Stats § 855 (2021)
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§ 855. Land damages

When an owner of land through which a drain is to be constructed claims damages therefor, the selectboard shall hear the parties interested therein, and may award reasonable damages to be paid by the parties benefited in such proportions as the selectboard deem just. In estimating such damages, the benefit that the person may receive thereby shall be taken into consideration.

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