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To request copies of case records, fill out the Request for Access to Court Record form and send it to the court where the case was filed. You can find the form in the Forms section at the bottom of this page. Email, mail, or hand deliver the completed form to the court where the case was filed.

The Environmental Division and Judicial Bureau are courts of limited jurisdiction, hearing cases on environmental matters and low level civil violations, respectively. The Vermont Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction. The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest court in the state.

A backlog of cases has plagued Vermont courtrooms since long before Covid-19 was first detected in the state, but the pandemic and its ensuing lockdowns exacerbated the issue. Jury trials shut down completely for more than a year, and courthouses scrambled in 2020 to pivot to online proceedings.

You can contact the court by phone, in writing, in person, or by sending an email to JUD.VJB@vermont.gov. A motion is a request in writing asking the court to consider doing something specific in your case. All motions must identify the request and give specific reasons for the request.

The Vermont Supreme Court adopted Administrative Order 49 in March 2020 to mitigate the risks to public health from the COVID-19 pandemic while maintaining the Judiciary's obligation to protect individual rights, maintain the rule of law, and administer justice.

Administrative Order No. 44 is adopted to facilitate the simultaneous adoption of Administrative Order No. 45, which allows the Court Administrator to direct clerks of a unit or division to send e- mail notice of court actions to lawyers under V.R.C.P. 77(d) and comparable provisions of other rules.