Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 1699 (2026)
Foreign laws and decisions; determination by court
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(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 1699)
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§ 1699. Foreign laws and decisions; determination by court
The statutes, laws, and decisions of another state may be evidenced, prima facie, in the courts of this State by a printed copy of the laws, which purports to be published by the authority of the other state. The determination of the laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury and shall be reviewable. (Amended 2021, No. 53, § 3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1968–1980 · leading case: Pioneer Credit Corp. v. Carden, 245 A.2d 891 (Vt. 1968).
Pioneer Credit Corp. v. Carden, 245 A.2d 891 (Vt. 1968). “By the same token, it strikes down the defence of illegality, for we are not to- presume that a contract for money hired and loaned in Massachusetts, violates the law of that jurisdiction. Tuttle & Reed v.”
State v. Harrington, 260 A.2d 692 (Vt. 1969). “The State took the position that formal proof of the foreign law was not essential under 12 V.S.A. § 1699. However, apparently out of caution to avoid the possibility of reversible error, the prosecution moved to reopen its case to introduce the criminal statute of New Hampshire…”
In Re Est. of Holbrook, 420 A.2d 110 (Vt. 1980). “2d 721, 723 (1938) (relying on what is now 12 V.S.A. § 1699); cf. In re Everett’s Estate, 112 Vt.”
Crocker v. Brandt, 293 A.2d 541 (Vt. 1972). “at 234 , stated the law as follows: *352 “In this dilemma, and absent any prima facie showing of the Massachusetts authority under 12 V.S.A. § 1699, the trial court was justified in turning to the law of the forum.”
Fishbein v. Guerra, 309 A.2d 922 (Vt. 1973). “At the time the case was tried below the court was governed by 12 V.S.A. § 1699 in its determination of how to receive foreign law into evidence.”
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