If a document filed with the Secretary of State contains a false statement, one who suffers loss by reliance on the statement may recover damages for the loss from a person who signed the document or caused another to sign it on the person’s behalf and knew the statement to be false at the time the document was signed.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 11, § 4029
Liability for false statement in filed document
Added 2015, No. 17, § 2.
Official source: Vermont General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Vermont statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.