Title 32, Title 32: Taxation and Finance

§ 1405. Names—Typewritten When an instrument is left for recording, any public official required by law to record it may require that the names be typed, stamped, or printed under the signatures. An additional recording fee of $2.00 may be charged by the recorder for those instru…

§ 1406. Illegible An instrument shall not be invalid because of the illegibility of the signatures, nor shall such illegibility affect the time in which the instrument is received for record. (Added 1965, No. 101, § 2.)

§ 1407. Costs to be borne by the State (a) As described in this section, the State shall cover the costs of certain medical care for victims of crime committed in this State without health insurance or whose health insurance does not pay for all of the care provided. (b) The Stat…

§ 1408. Guardians ad litem; expense reimbursement The Court Administrator shall reimburse guardians ad litem for necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (Added 1987, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)

§ 1431. Fees in Supreme and Superior Courts (a) Prior to the entry of any cause in the Supreme Court, there shall be paid to the clerk of the court for the benefit of the State a fee of $295.00 in lieu of all other fees not otherwise set forth in this section. (b)(1) Except as pr…

§ 1433. Exemption of State from payment of fees In judicial proceedings initiated in the name of the State by public officials authorized so to do, the State may not be required to pay the State fees set forth in sections 1431 and 1432 of this title. However, if the State prevail…

§ 1434. Probate cases (a) The following entry fees shall be paid to the Probate Division of the Superior Court for the benefit of the State, except for subdivisions (18) and (19) of this subsection, which shall be for the benefit of the county in which the fee was collected: (b) …

§ 1471. Taxation of costs (a) There shall be taxed in the bill of costs to the recovering party in the Supreme and Superior Courts or the Judicial Bureau a fee equal to the entry fees, the cost of service fees incurred, and the total amount of the certificate of witness fees paid…

§ 1472. Plaintiff’s travel In an action in favor of several plaintiffs, fees for their travel shall not be taxed but from that plaintiff’s residence that is nearest the place of trial, unless the others personally attend the trial, in which case the court shall tax such further s…

§ 1511. Grand and petit jurors in Superior Court There shall be allowed to grand and petit jurors in the Superior Court the following fees and expenses: (1) for attendance, $30.00 a day, on request, unless the jurors were otherwise compensated by their employer; (2) for each tale…

§ 1512. When per diem allowed Grand and petit jurors shall be allowed per diem pay only for the days when they appear in court.

§ 1513. Excused jurors When jurors are excused to a day certain or subject to call, they shall be allowed per diem only for time actually and necessarily spent in going to and returning from their homes and for mileage. The clerk of the court shall record the name of jurors thus …

§ 1514. Board and lodging of jurors When in a grand jury investigation or in the trial of a criminal or civil cause jurors are kept together by order of the court, their board and lodging and that of the officers having such jurors in charge shall be paid by the State. (Amended 1…

§ 1551. Attendance fees There shall be allowed to witnesses the following fees: (1) For attendance before a court or to give a deposition before a notary public, $30.00 a day. (2) For attendance before an appraiser appointed by the Commissioner of Taxes, $30.00 a day, such fees t…

§ 1552. Criminal causes Unless otherwise provided, witnesses in attendance before the grand jury or any court in criminal causes shall be allowed the sum of $10.00 per day for the days on which they attend, together with $0.08 a mile each way for each day of such attendance. The …

§ 1553. Witness certificates for bill of costs A party who produces a witness in Superior Court shall procure a certificate signed and sworn to by such witness, specifying the number of miles from his or her usual place of abode to the place of trial, and the number of days he or…

§ 1556. Witnesses before General Assembly A committee of either House or a committee, board, or commission appointed pursuant to an act or joint resolution of the General Assembly, when so authorized, may summon witnesses to appear before it and call for the production of persons…

§ 1557. Payment When the Commissioner of Finance and Management receives such subpoenas and witness vouchers, he or she shall issue his or her warrant for such sum as he or she finds due to the Sergeant at Arms. (Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(b); 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Ses…

§ 1559. Compensation of law enforcement officers for attendance at proceedings (a) No full time State Police officer, municipal police officer, game warden, or other State employee shall be paid or accept any compensation as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding to which …

§ 1591. Sheriffs and other officers There shall be paid to sheriffs’ departments and constables in civil causes and to sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and constables for the transportation and care of prisoners, juveniles, and patients with a mental condition or psychiatric disability…

§ 1593. Service outside the State An officer required to serve a requisition or execute process outside the State shall receive $3.00 a day and necessary expenses. (Amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 490, eff. July 1, 2022.)

§ 1595. Mileage in criminal causes In criminal causes, the officer shall make oath to the mileage in excess of one mile charged by him or her as correct before an account thereof is allowed, and the Commissioner of Finance and Management shall not allow for travel in excess of on…

§ 1596. Fees forbidden Fees shall not be allowed to an officer for the service of a capias, bench warrant, or other writ for the arrest of a person who is under a recognizance taken before an officer authorized by law to take such recognizance, requiring the appearance of such pe…

§ 1597. Returns All officers serving criminal process shall make return with bill of fees thereon. (Amended 1969, No. 131, § 21, eff. April 23, 1969.)

§ 1631. Trustees’ fees The person summoned as trustee shall be allowed $0.06 a mile for his or her travel and $1.50 for each day’s attendance before the Superior Court; the same for travel and $0.75 for each day’s attendance before a commissioner. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, ef…

§ 1632. Costs allowed trustee When costs are allowed to a trustee in a cause tried by a commissioner, such sum shall be allowed for the travel and attendance of witnesses and for his or her counsel before the commissioner, as in case of witnesses and counsel before a master.

§ 1633. Appraisers of attached or replevied property The fees of persons appointed to appraise personal property attached, or to be replevied, shall be at the rate of $0.20 for each hour actually spent in such appraisal.

§ 1637. Commissioners of jail delivery (a) The fees of commissioners of jail delivery shall be as follows: (1) for each citation, $0.34; (2) for two certificates to a person admitted to the poor debtor’s oath, $0.25; and (3) for attending a court of jail delivery, $2.00 a day to …

§ 1671. Town clerk (a) For the purposes of this section, a “page” is defined as a single side of a leaf of paper on which is printed, written, or otherwise placed information to be recorded or filed. The maximum covered area on a page shall be 7 1/2 inches by 14 inches. All lette…

§ 1672. Town treasurer’s fee for receiving taxes Town treasurers shall be allowed one percent on all sums paid by the taxpayers to them, computed on actual cash receipts after deduction of discounts taken, unless the town by vote fixes their compensation otherwise. (Amended 1959,…

§ 1674. Delinquent tax commission and collection costs The fees and penalties collected by collectors of taxes shall be as follows: (1) Where a municipality does not vote to collect its taxes by its treasurer, the collector shall not tax or collect of the taxpayer any commission …

§ 1675. Fence viewers Fence viewers shall receive $6.00 for each day’s service. At the time of performing such service, they shall adjudge the proportion of their fees and expenses to be paid by the parties interested. Any of such parties paying the same may recover of each other…

§ 1676. Inspector of lumber, shingles, and wood The fees of an inspector of lumber, shingles, and wood shall be $0.04 a cord for the first ten cords and $0.01 for each additional cord, and $0.25 for each 1,000 feet of lumber, to be paid by the person applying for the measurement.…

§ 1677. Weigher of coal The fees of a weigher of coal shall be $0.10 for the first ton and $0.04 for each additional ton, to be paid by the person applying for the weighing.

§ 1678. Impounders and poundkeepers Impounders and poundkeepers shall receive the following fees: for all horse kind and neat cattle, $0.12 a head; for sheep, $0.02 a head; for swine, $0.08 a head; three-fourths to the impounder and one-fourth to the poundkeeper.

§ 1679. Persons taking up estrays A person taking up an estray shall receive for notifying the town clerk, $0.25 and for each advertisement posted, $0.25.

§ 1680. Tree warden When a town or incorporated village fails to fix the compensation of a tree warden or his or her deputies, they shall receive such compensation as the selectboard or trustees determine.

§ 1681. Building inspector A building inspector shall receive such compensation for his or her services as the board of alders, selectboard, or trustees determine, payable as the salary of other municipal officials.

§ 1711. County clerks County clerks shall receive the same fees as town clerks in the matter of vital registrations.

§ 1712. Town clerks Town clerks shall receive the following fees for issuing marriage licenses and vital event certificates: (1) For issuing and recording a civil marriage license, $80.00 to be paid by the applicant, $15.00 of which sum shall be retained by the town clerk as a fe…

§ 1714. Burial certificates Persons issuing certificates giving permission to bury a dead body shall receive $5.00 for each permit to be paid by the applicant. Persons issuing certificates giving permission to entomb or move a dead body that has already been issued a certificate …

§ 1715. Vital records search; copies search (a) Upon payment of the fee established under 18 V.S.A. § 5017, the Office of Vital Records or the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration shall provide a certified copy of a vital event certificate, or shall ascertain and cer…

§ 1751. Fees when not otherwise provided (a)(1) Officers and persons whose duty it is to record deeds, proceedings, depositions, or make copies of records, proceedings, docket entries, or minutes in their offices, when no other provision is made, shall be allowed: (A) the sum of …

§ 1752. Tax appeals If under the provisions of section 4467 of this title the Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review or the court reduces the appraisal value of the taxpayer’s property by more than 20 percent of the appraisal value, then the appeal fee shall be…

§ 1753. Inquests The fees and expenses of inquests on the dead and buildings burned shall be the same as in criminal causes before a court. (Amended 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 98, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 214.)

§ 1754. Entry and detainer On trial for entry and detainer, there shall be allowed $0.50 each warrant, $1.00 to each of the justices, $2.00 to the party recovering, and $1.00 to each juror.