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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 3642

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 3642. Liability for payments to nonresidents

An action shall not be maintained against any such insurance company upon any right of action arising out of an insurance policy, annuity contract, or contract supplemental to any insurance policy or annuity contract, issued by such company, vested in a person residing in another state or country, or in the estate of such nonresident person, if prior to actual notice of the appointment in this State of an administrator, executor, or guardian of the estate or person of such nonresident, such right of action has been discharged or released by the executor, administrator, or guardian of such nonresident person or estate appointed in the state of his or her residence, or by a transferee of such policy, annuity contract, contract supplemental to any policy of insurance, or annuity contract or right of action thereon. (Added 1967, No. 344 (Adj. Sess.), § 1 (ch. 1, subch. 12, § 2).)