Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 736
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 736
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
§ 736. Officer’s duties and liabilities
When property is taken by an officer from the possession of a specially appointed person or his or her receiptor, the officer shall be subject to the duties and liabilities relating to the property and arising by virtue of the previous attachment or taking in execution and shall be responsible for the property to the plaintiff or creditor having the prior lien thereon by virtue of the attachment, as the specially appointed person or his or her receiptor would have been if the property had not been taken from his or her possession. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 42, eff. March 29, 1972.)