Vermont
Vermont: statutes read at the official source for people acting for themselves, each with its citation and the date it was read.
Acting for yourself
Read at the official source. The provision is cited below; its wording is not reproduced here because the reading recorded the section rather than its text.
Vt. Sup. Ct. Admin. Order No. 41, § 1 (Licensing of Attorneys — Unauthorized Practice of Law) · vermontjudiciary.org · read 2026-08-27 · official source
Renting and landlord-tenant
security deposit, return deadline
A landlord shall return the security deposit along with a written statement itemizing any deductions to a tenant within 14 days from the date on which the landlord discovers that the tenant vacated or abandoned the dwelling unit or the date the tenant vacated the dwelling unit, provided the landlord received notice from the tenant of that date.
9 V.S.A. § 4461(c) · read 2026-08-21 · official source
Not verified for Vermont: Month-to-month notice (9 V.S.A. § 4467) and the ejectment action were not fetched.
Small claims
The court that hears these in Vermont is the Small claims court (a procedure of the Superior Court).
$10,000
CONDITIONAL CARVE-OUT: the court has NO jurisdiction over collection of a debt greater than $5,000 arising out of a consumer credit transaction (15 U.S.C. § 1679a) or medical debt (18 V.S.A. § 9481). Claims over $3,500 give the defendant a right to request a special assignment of a judicial officer. Claim-splitting to get under the cap is prohibited.
... a simple, informal, and inexpensive procedure for the determination, according to the rules of substantive law, of actions of a civil nature of which they have jurisdiction, other than actions for slander or libel and in which the plaintiff does not claim as debt or damage more than $10,000.00.
12 V.S.A. § 5531(a) · read 2026-08-21 · official source
Not verified: Attorney representation not read.; No official self-help URL verified (candidate vermontjudiciary.org paths redirected to vtcourts.gov and returned HTTP 404).; Only money damages may be claimed (§ 5531(b)); read but not modelled.
Court decisions from Vermont
Hilder v. St. Peter
Additionally, we hold that when the landlord is notified of the defect but fails to repair it within a reasonable amount of time, and the tenant subsequently repairs the defect, the tenant may deduct the expense of the repair from future rent.
Vermont's Supreme Court adopted the implied warranty of habitability, allowed repair-and-deduct, and held punitive damages may be available in an appropriate case.
144 Vt. 150, 478 A.2d 202 (1984) · Supreme Court of Vermont · read 2026-08-21 · official source
What this page is, and is not
Everything above was read at the source named next to it, on the date named next to it. Nothing is summarised from memory and nothing is carried over from a neighbouring state. Statutes are amended, so read the source before relying on it.
This is general legal information about Vermont. It is not advice about your situation, and it is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.