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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 694

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

§ 694. Disqualifications

(a) An officer shall not serve a writ drawn on a note originally payable to himself or herself and sued in the name of an indorsee, nor where he or she, or a private corporation of which he or she is a member, is a party or interested.

(b) Such officer shall not be disqualified from serving process for or against a town or county by reason of being a taxpayer therein nor for or against a railroad corporation by reason of being a taxpayer in a town owning stock in such corporation, nor for or against a savings bank or savings institution by reason of being a corporator or officer thereof.