Vermont § 1171 - Duties of assistant clerk
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§ 1171. Duties of assistant clerk
- (a) The assistant clerk shall be sworn and is authorized to perform the recording and
filing duties of the town clerk, to issue licenses and certified copies of records,
and, in the absence, death, or disability of the town clerk, is further authorized
to perform all other duties of the clerk. (b) If there is a vacancy in the office of town clerk, the authority of the assistant
town clerk to perform the duties of the town clerk shall continue until a successor
is appointed by the selectboard under section 963 of this title. (Amended 1967, No. 107, eff. April 14, 1967; 2017, No. 74, § 71; 2017, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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