Vt. Sup. Ct. Promulgation Order of June 2, 2025: VRCP9.2PERMANENT

STATE OF VERMONT

VERMONT SUPREME COURT

JUNE TERM, 2025

Order Making Permanent Amendments to Rule 9.2 of the Vermont Rules of Civil

Procedure

Pursuant to the Vermont Constitution, Chapter II, § 37, and 12 V.S.A. § 1, it is hereby ordered:

1. That Rule 9.2 of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure, which was adopted September 13,

2022, effective October 1, 2022, and further amended February 5, 2024, effective July 1, 2024,

be made permanent.

Reporter’s Notes—2025 Amendment

Rule 9.2 was adopted September 13, 2022, effective October 1,

2022, to effectuate requirements of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,

and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law No. 116-

136, 15 U.S.C. § 9058. The promulgation order provided that the

Rule would expire September 30, 2025, and directed the Advisory

Committee to review the operation of Rule 9.2 and recommend

whether to terminate, extend, or revise the rule. V.R.C.P. 9.2(b)

enforces an existing notice requirement in 15 U.S.C. § 9058(c)(1).

As such, V.R.C.P. 9.2 is made permanent and remains in effect.

2. That these amendments be prescribed and promulgated, effective on October 1, 2025. The

Reporter’s Notes are advisory.

3. That this amendment must be promulgated effective October 1, 2025, notwithstanding the

preference effective dates of July 1 and January 1 in Administrative Order No. 11, because the

underlying rule will expire September 30, 2025.

4. That the Chief Justice is authorized to report these amendments to the General Assembly in

accordance with the provisions of 12 V.S.A. § 1, as amended.

Dated in Chambers at Montpelier, Vermont, this 2nd day of June, 2025.

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Paul L. Reiber, Chief Justice

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Harold E. Eaton, Jr., Associate Justice

Signed by the Vermont Supreme Court ____________________________________

Karen R. Carroll, Associate Justice

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William D. Cohen, Associate Justice

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Nancy J. Waples, Associate Justice