2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 5 - Aeronautics and Surface Transportation
Chapter 13 - Operation of Aircraft
§ 405. Crimes, torts, and other wrongs

Universal Citation:
5 VT Stats § 405
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§ 405. Crimes, torts, and other wrongs

A crime, tort, or other wrong committed by or against an airman or passenger while in flight over this State shall be governed by the laws of this State. The question whether damages occasioned by or to an aircraft while in flight over this State constitutes a tort, crime, or other wrong by or against the owner of the aircraft shall be determined by the law of this State. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)

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