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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 3291 (2026)
Service of copies of attachment
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Subchapter 003 : ATTACHMENT OF REAL PROPERTY
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 3291)-
§ 3291. Service of copies of attachment
When real estate is attached, in addition to serving the party whose estate is attached, the officer shall leave a true and attested copy of the attachment, with a description of the estate so attached, in the office where by law a deed of that estate is required to be recorded. (Amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 91, eff. March 29, 1972.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1963–1986 · leading case: Batchelder v. Mantak, 392 A.2d 945 (Vt. 1978).
Batchelder v. Mantak, 392 A.2d 945 (Vt. 1978). “The plaintiff, who had knowledge of the Mantaks’ Connecticut address, contends that they were served properly when their property in Londonderry was attached and copies of the complaint with a description of the property attached were left with the Town Clerk in Londonr.”
Spaulding v. Cahill, 514 A.2d 714 (Vt. 1986). “He did not, however, establish on the record that he complied with 12 V.S.A. § 3291, mandating that “a true and attested copy of the attachment, with a description of the estate so attached [be filed] in the office where by law a deed of that estate is required to be recorded.”
Paul v. Barhydt, 196 A.2d 509 (Vt. 1963). “12 V.S.A. §3291 is not available since the record does not show that the defendants reside outside the state.”
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