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Judiciary draft of H.772 narrows expedited ejectment, restores court discretion and removes sealing proposal
Summary
At the General & Housing committee hearing, judiciary members and legislative counsel described draft 7.1 to H.772: it replaces a show-cause expulsion path with an expedited unlawful-occupant track, sets a default 90-day hearing window (with expedited motions heard within 21 days for ongoing threats), restores civil-rule answer timing (21 days), preserves a tenant's path to request partial-payment escrow relief, and removes a proposed confidentiality (sealing) regime for now.
Legislative counsel and judiciary representatives walked the General & Housing committee through a judiciary-drafted amendment (draft 7.1) to H.772 on March 20, describing a set of procedural changes intended to make expedited ejectment cases workable for Vermont courts while preserving judicial discretion.
Cameron Wood of the Office of Legislative Counsel said the amendment removes a broad alternate-service-of-process provision that would have applied across civil cases and instead requires the court to rule 'promptly' on service motions. The amendment also restores the civil-rule timing for filing an answer (21 days), preserves a tenant's ability to move to reduce an escrowed 'full payment' order (allowing a party to seek partial…
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