Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 201

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Commissioner: shall mean in this title only the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes any natural person, corporation, association, co-partnership, company, firm, or other aggregation of individuals. See

§ 201. Applications to be under oath

All applications, all proofs that the Commissioner may require, and all requests for personal information shall be under oath or the applications and proofs shall contain and be verified by written declarations that they are made subject to the penalties prescribed in section 202 of this title. Each question and answer and each statement made in any application, or in any proof required, shall be deemed material. When an applicant is a corporation or partnership, the individual signing the application shall be considered the individual under oath or the person subject to the penalties of section 202 of this title. (Amended 1969, No. 259 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1969, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; 1991, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1997, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 26, 1997; 2001, No. 69, § 1; 2007, No. 19, § 3; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 138.)