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Vermont Supreme Court — Oral Arguments Audio files of arguments in cases heard from January 2007 to the present. ¶
Vermont Environmental Court — Decisions [Vt. Dep't of Libraries]
Vermont Statutes (Vt. Stat.)
A search function is available at the LexisNexis site linked in Additional Resources below (for which “cookies” must be enabled). The legislature’s web site states: “The Vermont Statutes Online [linked above] is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, provided as a convenience. It has NOT been edited for publication. [¶] The ‘official’ version of the Vermont Statutes Annotated is online at LexisNexis Publishing.”
Ordinances are local laws, commonly organized into codes, that have been enacted by municipalities — cities, towns, etc. — and counties. Charters are organic laws (similar in function to a constitution) of those local government entities for which “home rule” is authorized by state law. For local laws not found through the links given here, try the county web sites and municipality web sites at “State and Local Government on the Net” by Piper Resources, or a publisher’s web site:
Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
See also links to state court web sites, maintained by the National Center for State Courts. Additionally, the Ballotpedia.org web site presents information about courts and judges in the state, covering both state courts and federal courts, in a Wikipedia-style format.
Web Sites
The criminal division of the superior court might also be called the district court.
Business Entity Forms [Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required. Top
Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Vermont Residents [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Vermont law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Vermont.
WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.
“The essence of legal research in two words . . . see ALSO!”