Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4463
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 4463
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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
§ 4463. Objections to appeal
When a taxpayer, an agent designated by the legislative body of the town, or selectboard claims that an appeal to the Director is in any manner defective or was not lawfully taken, on or before 14 days after mailing of the notice of appeal by the clerk under Rule 74(b) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure, the taxpayer, agent, or selectboard shall file objections in writing with the Director and furnish the appellant or appellant’s attorney with a copy of the objections. When the taxpayer, agent, or selectboard so requests, the Director shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing the objections and shall notify all parties thereof, by mail or otherwise. Upon hearing or otherwise, the Director shall pass upon the objections and make such order in relation thereto as is required by law. The order shall be recorded or attached in the town clerk’s office in the book wherein the appeal is recorded. (Added 1969, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 219, eff. March 29, 1972; 1977, No. 105, § 14(a); 1999, No. 49, § 47, eff. June 2, 1999; 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 38, eff. March 1, 2004; 2017, No. 11, § 59; 2019, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)