{"data":{"id":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-4712","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"12 V.S.A. § 4712","heading":"Party plaintiff; power to construe","body":"A person interested under a deed, will, written contract, or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract, or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status, or other legal relations thereunder.","path":["Title 12: Court Procedure","Chapter 167: Declaratory Judgments Act"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/167/04712","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:47:27Z","sha256":"73828c51e1d1d50b5658aa99fd05bd8c1f05519a884f0b021bd5d70b69f995a7","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-4711","next":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-4713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}