Vermont, court records
Search Vermont Civil Division and Judicial Bureau case summaries online in the Judiciary Public Portal; other case types are open only at courthouse terminals. Federal cases are in PACER.
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Court records
Each of Vermont's 14 counties has a Superior Court with four divisions; the Civil Division hears contract, eviction, foreclosure and similar cases.
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Every Vermont county has a family division, also called family court, where a judge or magistrate decides cases without a jury.
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Vermont Judiciary court calendars by court and county, with a note on viewing calendars on mobile devices.
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Vermont Judicial Bureau, with statewide jurisdiction over civil violations such as motor vehicle tickets and municipal ordinance violations.
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Vermont Supreme Court in Montpelier, which decides appeals from state courts and some agency decisions and oversees the court system.
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Every Vermont county has a criminal division, also called criminal court, which decides guilt or innocence of people charged with crimes.
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Federal district, bankruptcy and appeals court records online. A PACER account is needed; documents cost $0.10 per page, capped at $3 per document.
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Find the federal district, bankruptcy and appeals courts that serve any location, or look up a federal court by name.
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The Vermont Judiciary Public Portal lets anyone view case summaries for Civil Division and Judicial Bureau cases remotely.
Documents and all other public case types, such as criminal, family and probate, can be viewed only at courthouse public access terminals. Parties can ask for wider access to their own cases.
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Vermont divorces are Family Division cases under 4 V.S.A. 33, kept by the Superior Court clerk of the county unit. Rule 6(a) of the Rules for Public Access to Court Records opens all case records except the Rule 6(b) exceptions, and 6(b) excepts the affidavits of income and assets required by 15 V.S.A. 662, which means the Financial Affidavit, 400-00813A, and the Financial Affidavit for Property and Assets, 400-00813B, that both parties file. The final order and the incorporated Final Stipulation on Property, Debts and Spousal Support, with its vehicles, retirement plans, bank accounts, real estate, debts and maintenance, are public.
Family Division case information is not available to anonymous users on the Public Portal; a non-party uses the courthouse public access terminal or the Request for Access to Court Record form, paying 25 cents per page with a $1 minimum. Sealing requires clear and convincing evidence of good cause and exceptional circumstances under Rule 9. The Vermont asset search page explains what the stipulation shows.
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State court records are usually free to view at the courthouse and often free online, with per-page fees for certified copies. PACER charges $0.10 per page (capped at $3.00 per document), waived under $30 per quarter.
No. A sealed case is hidden from the public docket index by court order. Its existence may still be confirmable by number, but documents are not accessible.
Civil cases involve disputes between parties (contracts, torts, family). Criminal cases are brought by the government. Both are indexed by the same court clerks but tracked in separate sub-dockets.
Not in one search. PACER covers all federal courts. Most states have a statewide judiciary portal that covers their state courts, but a few require per-county lookups. This page links to Vermont's official portal.
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