{"data":{"id":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-696","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"12 V.S.A. § 696","heading":"Sheriffs’ duties to receive, execute, and return writs","body":"Sheriffs shall receive all writs and precepts issuing from lawful authority at any time and place within their respective precincts, unless they can show reasonable cause to the contrary, and shall execute and return the same agreeably to the direction thereof.","path":["Title 12: Court Procedure","Chapter 025: Process","Subchapter 002: SERVICE BY SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/025/00696","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:33:28Z","sha256":"5443599210d69901862748484be3425e0bc8b6f20d4d84cf1e4b0e1db9bfbcff","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-695","next":"us-vt/12-v.s.a.-697"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}