Vermont § 5577 - Notice of right of action
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 5577 — Notice of right of action, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5577. Notice of right of action
- (a) A copy of this subchapter shall be provided to a person by a court: (1) exonerating a person pursuant to subchapter 1 of this chapter through vacating or
reversing the person’s conviction, dismissing the information or indictment, entering
judgment on an acquittal after a second or subsequent trial; or (2) receiving notice of a pardon. (b) A person receiving a copy of this subchapter pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
shall be required to acknowledge its receipt in writing on a form established by the
Court Administrator. The acknowledgement shall be entered on the docket by the court
and shall be admissible in an action filed under this subchapter. (Added 2007, No. 60, § 1.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 5577 ("Notice of right of action") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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