Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 19, § 766 (2026)

Extension of time

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Subchapter 006 : TIME FOR OPENING OF ROAD

(Cite as: 19 V.S.A. § 766)

§ 766. Extension of time

The selectboard of a town in which a highway or bridge is ordered to be built may apply by petition to the court making the order to extend the time for completing the highway or bridge. Notice shall be given to one or more of the original petitioners for the highway or bridge, and one or more of the selectboard of any other town, in which the highway or bridge is partly located, by serving the petition on them with a citation for that purpose, at least 12 days before the term of the court to which the petition is returnable, and the court may extend the time as the circumstances of the case require. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2005–2005 · leading case: King v. Town of Craftsbury, 2005 VT 86 (Vt. 2005).

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King v. Town of Craftsbury, 2005 VT 86 (Vt. 2005). “The court denied the motion, noting that a satisfactory safety valve was provided by 19 V.S.A. § 766, which permits a town to petition for an extension of time to complete the construction of a highway or bridge.”

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