Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 3954 (2026)

Copy of process annexed to complaint

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(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 3954)

§ 3954. Copy of process annexed to complaint

When the imprisonment or restraint is by virtue of a warrant or other process, a copy thereof shall be annexed to the complaint, or it shall appear that copy thereof has been demanded and refused, or that for sufficient reason a demand of such copy could not be made.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1971–1990 · leading case: Unnamed Prisoners v. Maranville, 576 A.2d 132 (Vt. 1990).

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Unnamed Prisoners v. Maranville, 576 A.2d 132 (Vt. 1990). “The process by which the petitioners are restrained was not annexed to the complaint as required by 12 V.S.A. § 3954. The petition is deficient in that it fails to provide fair notice of what petitioners’ claims are and the grounds upon which they rest.”

Trivento v. Smith, 278 A.2d 722 (Vt. 1971). “” 12 V.S.A. § 3954. The Windsor County Court denied the petition for noncompliance with this provision of the statute.”

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