{"data":{"id":"us-vt/27-v.s.a.-1565","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"27 V.S.A. § 1565","heading":"Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation","body":"(a) A record of a putative holder showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation is prima facie evidence of the debt or obligation.\n(b) A putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obligation described in subsection (a) of this section or that the debt or obligation was not, or no longer is, a fixed and certain obligation of the putative holder.\n(c) A putative holder may overcome prima facie evidence under subsection (a) of this section by establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a check, draft, or similar instrument was:\n(1) issued as an unaccepted offer in settlement of an unliquidated amount;\n(2) issued but later was replaced with another instrument because the earlier instrument was lost or contained an error that was corrected;\n(3) issued to a party affiliated with the issuer;\n(4) paid, satisfied, or discharged;\n(5) issued in error;\n(6) issued without consideration;\n(7) issued but there was a failure of consideration;\n(8) voided not later than 90 days after issuance for a valid business reason set forth in a contemporaneous record; or\n(9) issued but not delivered to the third-party payee for a sufficient reason recorded within a reasonable time after issuance.\n(d) In asserting a defense under this section, a putative holder may present evidence of a course of dealing between the putative holder and the apparent owner or of custom and practice.","path":["Title 27: Property","Chapter 018: Unclaimed Property","Subchapter 010: VERIFIED REPORT OF PROPERTY; EXAMINATION OF RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/27/018/01565","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:08Z","sha256":"6f0550a2a52dbeae68899cebd185e3325280e56c9a7374b624a7c043c5f25155","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/27-v.s.a.-1564","next":"us-vt/27-v.s.a.-1566"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}