{"data":{"id":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5963","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"12 V.S.A. § 5963","heading":"Writ and complaint—justice ejectment","body":"Writ and Complaint in Justice Ejectment\nSTATE OF VERMONT, To any sheriff or constable in\n......................... County, ss. the State, or to .........................................\n} an indifferent person,\nGreeting:\nBy the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to attach the goods, chattels, or estate of ......................... of .............................. , in the county of .............................. to the value of ................................... dollars, and ......................... notify thereof according to law, (and for want thereof take his or her body, if to be found within your precinct, and him or her safely keep so that you have him or her to appear before me) (and ................................... also notify to appear before me) at .............................. , on the ........................................ day of ......................... at ............... o’clock in the ...................... noon, then and there to answer to the complaint of .............................. of .............................. , in the county of .............................. .\nFor that the said defendant, .............................. , is in the possession of certain lands (and tenements) situated in the town of ........................................ , in the county of ................................... , described as follows: (insert a brief description) which lands (and tenements) the said defendant holds unlawfully and against the right of the plaintiff, as it is said.\nTo the damage of the plaintiff ........................................ dollars, to recover which and the quiet and peaceable possession of the premises, with just costs, the plaintiff brings this action.\nFail not, but service and return make according to law.\n(Conclude as in § 5903.)","path":["Title 12: Court Procedure","Chapter 213: Judicial Forms","Subchapter 002: FORMS FOR PLEADINGS AND TRIAL"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/213/05963","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:00:57Z","sha256":"e7ac6d8c467cbee563c4e007bcb09a2b9658d7c4ac08798fe72afa303ffa1d9d","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5961-5962","next":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-5964"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}