Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 913 (2026)
Effect of service outside the State
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Subchapter 008 : NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANT; WRIT OF REVIEW OF DEFAULT JUDGMENT WITHOUT NOTICE
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 913)-
§ 913. Effect of service outside the State
(a) When process is served upon a party outside the State in such manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide, the same proceedings may be had, so far as to affect the title or right to the possession of goods, chattels, rights, credits, land, tenements, or hereditaments in the State as if the process had been served on a party in the State.
(b) Upon the service, and if it appears that the contact with the State by the party or the activity in the State by the party or the contact or activity imputable to him or her is sufficient to support a personal judgment against him or her, the same proceedings may be had for a personal judgment against him or her as if the process or pleading had been served on him or her in the State.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section are in addition to all existing manner of service, rights, and remedies, and the availability of a personal judgment by reason of subsection (b) shall make the provisions of sections 855, 856, 891 and 892 of this title and 11 V.S.A. § 1630 alternative and not inoperative. (Amended 1967, No. 353 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 1968; 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. March 29, 1972.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60
cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1961–2026 · leading case: Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Robertson-Ceco Corp., United Dominion Indus., Inc., 84 F.3d 560 (2d Cir. 1996).
Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Robertson-Ceco Corp., United Dominion Indus., Inc., 84 F.3d 560 (2d Cir. 1996). “Courts have interpreted the relevant Vermont long-arm statute,; Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 913 (b), 8 as reflecting a “clear policy to assert jurisdiction over individual defendants to the full extent permitted by the Due Process Clause.”
Thayer v. Herdt, 586 A.2d 1122 (Vt. 1990). “3(b) are in addition to all existing manner of service and that the availability of a personal judgment pursuant to § 913(b) shall make “al *453 ternative and not inoperative” the provisions of §§ 855 and 856 of Title 12 relating to service on the Secretary of State for…”
In re R.W. & N.W., 2011 VT 124 (Vt. 2011). “Vermont’s long-arm statute provides: Upon the service, and if it appears that the contact with the state by the party or the activity in the state by the party or the contact or activity imputable to him is sufficient to support a personal judgment against him, the same…”
Daniel F. Braman v. Mary Hitchcock Mem'l Hosp. & Hitchcock Clinic, Inc., 631 F.2d 6 (2d Cir. 1980). “Vt.Stat.Ann. tit. 12 § 913 provides: (a)When process is served upon a party outside the state in such manner as the supreme court may by rule provide, the same proceedings may be had, so far as to affect the title or right to the possession of goods, chattels, rights, credits,…”
State v. Atl. Richfield Co., 2016 VT 22 (Vt. 2016). “Because ‘Vermont’s long-arm statute, 12 V.S.A. § 913(b), permits state courts to exercise jurisdiction over nonresident defendants to the full extent permitted by the [federal] Due Process Clause,” our statutory and constitutional analyses are the same — the jurisdictional issue…”
Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, Inc. v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, Inc., 745 F.3d 30 (2d Cir. 2014). “Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12 § 913(b), the relevant Vermont long-arm statute, provides: Upon the service, and if it appears that the contact with the state by the party or the activity in the state by the party or the contact or activity imputable to him is suffiment to support a…”
Dall v. Kaylor, 658 A.2d 78 (Vt. 1995). “The horse sustained injuries during its trip to Vermont. A veterinarian's treatment of these injuries led to the discovery that the horse suffered from congenital and chronic bone disease in his rear legs.”
Schwartz v. Frankenhoff, 733 A.2d 74 (Vt. 1999). “§ 855, and not on 12 V.S.A. § 913, a separate long-arm statute that applies to any party served with process “outside the state.”
Bechard v. Constanzo, 810 F. Supp. 579 (D. Vt. 1992). “Vermont's Long Arm Statute: 12 V.S.A. § 913 Service of process on the defendants in this action was made in accordance with one of Vermont's two long-arm statutes, 12 V.”
Fox v. Fox, 2014 VT 100 (Vt. 2014). “Vermont’s long-arm statute, 12 V.S.A. § 913(b), permits state courts to exercise jurisdiction over nonresident defendants “to the full extent permitted by the Due Process Clause” of the U.”
N. Aircraft, Inc. v. Reed, 572 A.2d 1382 (Vt. 1990). “Before a nonresident defendant can be brought into a Vermont court, the plaintiff must show that the Vermont long arm statute reaches the defendant, and that jurisdiction over him may be maintained without offending the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the…”
Havill v. Woodstock Soapstone Co., 783 A.2d 423 (Vt. 2001). “The court granted plaintiffs motion to dismiss these two counts without prejudice.”
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 913(a): 2 cases
Thayer v. Herdt, 586 A.2d 1122 (Vt. 1990). “3(b) are in addition to all existing manner of service and that the availability of a personal judgment pursuant to § 913(b) shall make “al *453 ternative and not inoperative” the provisions of §§ 855 and 856 of Title 12 relating to service on the Secretary of State for…”
McKennis v. Collingwood, 55 F.R.D. 156 (D. Vt. 1972).
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 913(b): 46 cases
In re R.W. & N.W., 2011 VT 124 (Vt. 2011). “Vermont’s long-arm statute provides: Upon the service, and if it appears that the contact with the state by the party or the activity in the state by the party or the contact or activity imputable to him is sufficient to support a personal judgment against him, the same…”
State v. Atl. Richfield Co., 2016 VT 22 (Vt. 2016). “Because ‘Vermont’s long-arm statute, 12 V.S.A. § 913(b), permits state courts to exercise jurisdiction over nonresident defendants to the full extent permitted by the [federal] Due Process Clause,” our statutory and constitutional analyses are the same — the jurisdictional issue…”
Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, Inc. v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, Inc., 745 F.3d 30 (2d Cir. 2014). “Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12 § 913(b), the relevant Vermont long-arm statute, provides: Upon the service, and if it appears that the contact with the state by the party or the activity in the state by the party or the contact or activity imputable to him is suffiment to support a…”
Daniel F. Braman v. Mary Hitchcock Mem'l Hosp. & Hitchcock Clinic, Inc., 631 F.2d 6 (2d Cir. 1980). “Vt.Stat.Ann. tit. 12 § 913 provides: (a)When process is served upon a party outside the state in such manner as the supreme court may by rule provide, the same proceedings may be had, so far as to affect the title or right to the possession of goods, chattels, rights, credits,…”
Dall v. Kaylor, 658 A.2d 78 (Vt. 1995). “The horse sustained injuries during its trip to Vermont. A veterinarian's treatment of these injuries led to the discovery that the horse suffered from congenital and chronic bone disease in his rear legs.”
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 913(c): 2 cases
Thayer v. Herdt, 586 A.2d 1122 (Vt. 1990). “3(b) are in addition to all existing manner of service and that the availability of a personal judgment pursuant to § 913(b) shall make “al *453 ternative and not inoperative” the provisions of §§ 855 and 856 of Title 12 relating to service on the Secretary of State for…”
Andrews v. Stam, 2007 VT 79 (Vt. 2007).
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