§ 26 - Change of venue because of enemy attack - Vermont Statutes

§ 26. Change of venue because of enemy attack

In the event that the place where a civil action or a criminal prosecution is required by law to be brought, has become and remains unsafe because of an attack upon the United States or Canada, such action or prosecution may be brought in or, if already pending, may be transferred to the superior or district court as appropriate in an unaffected county or territorial unit and there tried in the place provided by law for such court. (1959, No. 23, § 7, eff. March 6, 1959; amended 1965, No. 194, § 10; 1973, No. 118, § 23, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)