Vermont Statutes Annotated — Title 32 (Taxation and Finance)
32 V.S.A. § 5226
Presumption of lawful assessment
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Except as otherwise provided in sections 5224-5226 and 5291 of this title, a tax bill regular on its face that has been theretofore placed for collection in the hands of the treasurer, collector of taxes, or other officer designated by law to collect the same, in a town or municipality within it so bringing suit, shall be prima facie evidence that the taxes therein standing against the name of the defendant were lawfully assessed against him or her.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 133-5137 · Recording delinquent payments
- 133-5138 · Power of collector as to delinquent taxes
- 133-5139 · Collection of taxes by sheriff
- 133-5140 · Collection from estate of deceased
- 133-5141 · Collection from earnings of municipal employees
- 133-5142 · Delinquent taxes; interest and collection fees
- 133-5161 · Repealed
- 133-5162 · List of delinquent taxpayers
- 133-5163 · Certification
- 133-5164 · Penalties
- 133-5165 · 133-5165
- 133-5191 · Property subject to distraint
- 133-5192 · Distraint by copy
- 133-5193 · Sale on distraint
- 133-5194 · Repealed. 1979, No. 21
- 133-5221 · Commencement of action; disqualifications
- 133-5222 · Taxes collectible by action
- 133-5223 · Recognizance requirement
- 133-5224 · Trustee process
- 133-5225 · Repealed. 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 237, eff. March 29,…
- 133-5226 · Presumption of lawful assessment
- 133-5227 · Judge not disqualified
- 133-5251 · Definitions
- 133-5252 · Levy and notice of sale; securing property
- 133-5253 · Form of advertisement and notice of sale
- 133-5254 · Sale of realty
- 133-5255 · Report of sale; form
- 133-5256 · Sale of lands subject to lease
- 133-5257 · Sale of realty to satisfy personal property taxes
- 133-5258 · Fees and costs allowed after warrant and levy recorded
- 133-5259 · Municipality may acquire land on tax sale
- 133-5260 · Redemption
- 133-5261 · Deed by collector
- 133-5262 · Recording lands not redeemed
- 133-5263 · Limitation of actions against grantee in possession
- 133-5291 · Disputing validity of tax
- 133-5292 · Filing of taxpayer’s objections
- 133-5293 · Time limitation on assertion of defenses by taxpayer
- 133-5294 · Time limitations on actions or suits by taxpayer
- 133-5295 · Construction of limitation period