Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 731

  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

§ 731. Indifferent person, appointment of

When a summons, writ, or other process is not specially required by law to be served by an officer, any Superior judge, or any judge of the court to which the process is returnable, may appoint an indifferent person to serve the process if it appears that service by that person will be more economical or efficient than service by an officer. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 37, eff. March 29, 1972.)