Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 4029
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 4029
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Document: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See
- 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
- Sign: means , with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See
§ 4029. Liability for false statement in filed document
If a document filed with the Secretary of State contains a false statement, one who suffers loss by reliance on the statement may recover damages for the loss from a person who signed the document or caused another to sign it on the person’s behalf and knew the statement to be false at the time the document was signed. (Added 2015, No. 17, § 2.)