Rule Administrative Order No. 26 - Establishment of Procedure for Computerization in the District CourtsThe Supreme Court hereby repeals Administrative Order No. 26 as promulgated on an experimental basis December 7, 1988 and promulgates the following permanent order:
(1) Any judgment, order or other document in a criminal or civil case, which is generated by an oral order of the judge made on the record and entered electronically may be signed in the name of the judge by a clerk or designee, or the judge's signature may be affixed by facsimile or other electronic means if in either case the judge has verified on the record the accuracy of the information entered electronically to produce that document. (2) Whenever the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure or Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure provide that the judge or court shall make an order with respect to a matter before it or issue a document, the responsibility of the court or judge may be discharged by the method provided in subdivision (1) above. The provisions of V.R.C.P. 58 and 80.1(g) and V.R.Cr.P. 4(a), 4(e), 32(b), 41.1(h) and 42(a), in conflict with subdivision (1) above, in whole or in part, shall not be effective to the extent of the conflict. Vt. Admin. Ord. Of. Sup. Ct. Administrative Order No. 26
Adopted March 26, 1992, eff. 4/1/1992.