§ 437 -   Civil jurisdiction of district court

§ 437. Civil jurisdiction of district court

The district court shall have jurisdiction of the following actions:

(1) Appeals of final decisions of the judicial bureau.

(2) DUI license suspension hearings filed pursuant to chapter 24 of Title 23.

(3) Extradition proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 159 of Title 13.

(4) Drug forfeiture proceedings under subchapter 2 of chapter 84 of Title 18.

(5) Fish and wildlife forfeiture proceedings under chapter 109 of Title 10.

(6) Liquor forfeiture proceedings under chapter 19 of Title 7.

(7) Hearings relating to refusal to provide a DNA sample pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 1935.

(8) Automobile forfeiture and immobilization proceedings under chapters 9 and 13 of Title 23.

(9) Sex offender proceedings pursuant to subsections 5411(e) and 5411d(f) of Title 13.

(10) Restitution modification proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7043(h).

(11) Municipal parking violation proceedings pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1974a(e), if the municipality has established an administrative procedure enabling a person to contest the violation, and the person has exhausted the administrative procedure.

(12) Proceedings to enforce 9 V.S.A. chapter 74, relating to energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment.

(13) Proceedings to enforce 21 V.S.A. § 268, relating to commercial building energy standards. (Added 1967, No. 194, § 2, eff. March 1, 1968; amended 1979, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1993, No. 237 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1994; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1996; 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 29, 1998; 1999, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 29, 2000; 2001, No. 49, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 13, 2002; 2003, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; 2005, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 77, § 12, eff. June 7, 2007.)