Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 24, § 903 (2026)

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Subchapter 004 : ACTIONS BY OR AGAINST OFFICERS; LIABILITY; PENALTIES

(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 903)

§ 903. Nonliability of municipal officers for money paid out

An action shall not be maintained against a person for money paid out by him or her as an officer of a municipal corporation in accordance with a vote of such corporation, whether such vote was valid or not.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2012–2016 · leading case: Fred Osier & Eugene H. Shaver v. Burlington Telecom, City of Burlington & Jonathan Leopold, 2016 VT 34 (Vt. 2016).

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Fred Osier & Eugene H. Shaver v. Burlington Telecom, City of Burlington & Jonathan Leopold, 2016 VT 34 (Vt. 2016). · cites it 3× “Taxpayers sought a declaratory judgment to this effect, and argued that they were entitled to look to Leopold’s surety for repayment.”

Osier v. The City of Burlington (Vt. Super. Ct. 2012). · cites it 3× “Leopold filed a motion to amend his answer and affirmative defenses to add 24 V.S.A. § 903 as an affirmative defense.”

Osier v. The City of Burlington (Vt. Super. Ct. 2013). “In a September 25, 2012 decision, the court concluded that 24 V.S.A. § 903 applied in this case to confer upon defendant Jonathan Leopold statutory nonliability for his role in Burlington Telecom’s expenditures from the City of Burlington’s pooled cash account in violation of…”

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