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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 20 - Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 1 - Emergency Management
§ 26. Change of venue because of an all-hazards event
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§ 26. Change of venue because of an all-hazards event
In the event that the place where a civil action or a criminal prosecution is required by law to be brought has become and remains unsafe because of an attack upon the United States or Canada or an all-hazards event, such action or prosecution may be brought in or, if already pending, may be transferred to the Superior Court in an unaffected unit and there tried in the place provided by law for such court. (Added 1959, No. 23, § 7, eff. March 6, 1959; amended 1965, No. 194, § 10; 1973, No. 118, § 23, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 156; 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. July 1, 2024.)
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