2020 Acts and Resolves No. 101

The record

Jurisdiction

Vermont

Level

State

Authority

Vt. Const. ch. II

Issued

2020-05-14 May 14, 2020

Effective

On passage (May 14, 2020); 'emergency period' defined as beginning March 13, 2020 (read as 2020-05-14)

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 (read as 2021-06-15)

In force

May 14, 2020 to June 15, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• landlords and residential mortgage lenders
• courts of this State
• sheriffs and constables
• tenants and mortgagors

Functions reached

• PM property management (evictions)
• SV servicing, collections and foreclosure
• ML mortgage lending
• CL closings (foreclosure sales)
• CT courts
• CB

Collection

Vermont VT

Operative words

'Emergency period' means the period beginning with the Governor's 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

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