§ 358 - Register to be sworn; duties - Vermont Statutes

§ 358. Register to be sworn; duties

(a) A register shall be sworn and perform the duties of clerk of the probate court, make docket entries of and file each order, sentence and decree of the court and of other things proper to be docketed and, on the fees being paid, give certified copies of the files, records and proceedings of the court. A register shall make out and sign letters of administration, guardianship, warrants or other processes or any other written instruments issuing from the probate court if so provided by law or the rules of probate procedure.

(b) The register shall safeguard from disclosure those records of the probate court made confidential or to which public access is limited by law or the rules of probate procedure. (Amended 1971, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1997, No. 53, § 6, eff. June 26, 1997.)