Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 1160
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 1160
- Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 1160. Acknowledgements; oath
(a) A town clerk, commissioned as a notary public pursuant to 26 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 103, may take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments throughout his or her county.
(b) In his or her county, he or she may administer oaths in all cases where an oath is required, without being commissioned as a notary public pursuant to 26 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 103.
(c)(1) Each town clerk may designate from among the members of his or her staff at least one notary public to be available to perform notarial acts for the public in the town clerk’s office during normal business hours free of charge.
(2) Each individual designated by the town clerk under this subsection shall be commissioned as a notary public pursuant to 26 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 103 and shall be exempt from the notary public application fee under that chapter. (Amended 2019, No. 30, § 26.)