{"id":"VT-046","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (S.333), signed by Governor Scott May 14, 2020","authority":"Vt. Const. ch. II","instrument":"2020 Acts and Resolves No. 101","title":"An act relating to establishing a moratorium on ejectment and foreclosure actions during the COVID-19 emergency","dateIssued":"2020-05-14","effective":"On passage (May 14, 2020); \u0027emergency period\u0027 defined as beginning March 13, 2020","end":"The emergency period ended 30 days after the Governor terminated the state of emergency: the emergency expired June 15, 2021 (VT-044), so the stays ran to July 15, 2021; service deadlines ran 60 days after the emergency period ended","startDate":"2020-05-14","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["landlords and residential mortgage lenders","courts of this State","sheriffs and constables","tenants and mortgagors"],"clause":"\u0027Emergency period\u0027 means the period beginning with the Governor\u0027s declaration of a state of emergency on March 13, 2020, arising from COVID-19, and ending 30 days after the Governor terminates the state of emergency by declaration... all pending actions for ejectment under 12 V.S.A. chapter 169, actions for foreclosure under 12 V.S.A. chapter 172, and any outstanding orders in those actions that could lead to execution of a writ of possession against a tenant or resident are stayed until the end of the emergency period... The court shall stay the action as of the date of filing until the end of the emergency period... The plaintiff shall not attempt to serve and a sheriff or constable shall not serve any civil process... During the emergency period, a court shall not issue a writ of possession.","enforcement":"Statutory stay administered by the Superior Court; A.O. 49 § 21-22 certifications (VT-052 chain)","functions":["PM property management (evictions)","SV servicing, collections and foreclosure","ML mortgage lending","CL closings (foreclosure sales)","CT courts","CB"],"notes":"Also stayed writs already issued (§ 1(f)) and set rent-escrow rules for hearings within 45 days after the emergency period; in force for the first fifteen days of the third quarter of 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT101/ACT101%20As%20Enacted.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":81814,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VT","url":"/library/VT-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VT-046","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (S.333), signed by Governor Scott May 14, 2020, 2020 Acts and Resolves No. 101 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. VT-046)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-044","SEC-13-104","VT-052"]}