{"data":{"id":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-712","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"19 V.S.A. § 712","heading":"Damages paid or tendered","body":"When the selectboard determines that a person through whose land the highway passes or abuts is entitled to damages, the town shall pay or tender to him or her damages as the selectboard determines reasonable before the highway is opened.","path":["Title 19: Highways","Chapter 007: Laying Out, Discontinuing, and Reclassifying Highways","Subchapter 002: LAYING OUT, ALTERING, RECLASSIFYING, OR DISCONTINUING HIGHWAYS BY PETITION TO SELECTBOARD"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/19/007/00712","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"dc92922bba2fb513223029291d569c177f5252e2fe8ea92f76341f99cd75ca05","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-711","next":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}