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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 1604 (2026)

Value of property; owner as competent witness

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Subchapter 001 : QUALIFICATIONS, PRIVILEGES, AND CREDIBILITY

(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 1604)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 41 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1961–2026 · leading case: Barrett v. Town of Warren, 2005 VT 107 (Vt. 2005).
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Barrett v. Town of Warren, 2005 VT 107 (Vt. 2005). · cites it 2× “See 12 V.S.A. § 1604. He testified that the combined value of the condominium and the interest in the Association was affected by the value of his interest in the Association, such that the value of the real property alone was less than its sale value, because the sale would…”
Gazo v. Gazo, 697 A.2d 342 (Vt. 1997). · cites it 2× “See 12 V.S.A. § 1604 (owner of property is competent witness to testify to its value).”
Pion v. Bean, 2003 VT 79 (Vt. 2003). “Finally, we address plaintiffs’ claim that the trial court erred in awarding compensatory and punitive damages for invasion of privacy. Plaintiffs maintain that their intrusion of defendants’ privacy was not “substantial” enough to warrant a damages award, particularly to the…”
State v. Morse, 2014 VT 84 (Vt. 2014). · cites it 2× “12 V.S.A. § 1604. Here, however, the car owner admitted that she did not know much about vehicles and she did not know how much the car was worth.”
State v. Driscoll, 2008 VT 101 (Vt. 2008). “Accordingly, the court reduced the owner’s valuation to $2000 per deer. In effect, the court awarded the owner the market value that he would have received if the deer were sold in an arms’-length transaction at the time they escaped.”
Klein v. Klein, 555 A.2d 382 (Vt. 1988). “It is the failure of the trial court to place the value in this range that prompts the objection to this Court.”
Johnson v. Johnson, 605 A.2d 857 (Vt. 1992). “Defendant argues that plaintiff had no expertise with the Internal Revenue Code, did not know the tax basis under the Code for either limited partnership, and did not testify to any events that would trigger the taxation of either of these assets.”
Shortle v. Cent. Vermont Pub. Serv. Corp., 399 A.2d 517 (Vt. 1979). “12 V.S.A. § 1604. The record discloses that the lay witness owner did not testify as to the cause of the damage, but only as to the damage observed and the cost of repair as of his ownership.”
John Moyers v. Sheun Lai Poon & Brenda Lee Poon, 2021 VT 46 (Vt. 2021). “As to plaintiff’s testimony, the court explained that while a property owner was “a competent witness to testify to the value” of his property, citing 12 V.S.A. § 1604, that statute did not provide for a property owner to prove ownership through his testimony alone.”
A. Brown, Inc. v. Vermont Justin Corp., 531 A.2d 899 (Vt. 1987). “2d 416, 418-19 (1978), the plaintiffs action should be dismissed and judgment entered for the defendant.”
DeGrace v. DeGrace, 520 A.2d 987 (Vt. 1986). “Defendant testified in detail as to the value of her belongings, however, and was a competent witness to so testify under 12 V.S.A. § 1604, which allows the owner of property to testify as to its value.”
Crabbe v. Veve Assocs., 549 A.2d 1045 (Vt. 1988). “Defendant maintains that the court applied the correct measure of damages but erred in relying on plaintiffs’ testimony as to the value of their property.”
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