Sheriffs shall receive all writs and precepts issuing from lawful authority at any time and place within their respective precincts, unless they can show reasonable cause to the contrary, and shall execute and return the same agreeably to the direction thereof.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 696
Sheriffs’ duties to receive, execute, and return writs
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