VTCourtForms is free to use. Legal Services Vermont (“LSV”) — a nonprofit legal aid organization — created, maintains and hosts VTCourtForms. We include information and forms from:
- Legal Services Vermont
- Vermont Legal Aid
- Vermont Judiciary
You need to know
- VTCourtForms does not provide legal advice. If you need legal advice, you can use https://VTLawHelp.org to reach out for legal aid if you have a low income, or https://www.vtbar.org/find-a-lawyer/ to find a paid lawyer.
- The information and documents on VTCourtForms have no warranty. We provide the information “as-is.” By using VTCourtForms, you agree not to hold LSV or the information providers on this site liable.
- We work hard to keep the information on VTCourtForms up to date. Lawyers drafted and reviewed the information. But laws and local rules change over time. These changes can make a document unenforceable when you use it.
- We do our best to keep VTCourtForms working! To do that, we allow you to submit feedback so we can track problems on the site. But we cannot provide individual technical support.
To use VTCourtForms
- This site is for anyone to use. For example: You can be the person who needs help or is filing the court papers, a lawyer, or a social worker.
- You may not sell the information or the contents of this site. But you can charge for your own time.
- Please keep your use fair. Do not use this site in a way that is illegal or that makes it harder for other people to use.
Information we and others collect
- We collect the information that you type to help you complete your forms. We delete all information 180 days after you last update it. You can also delete information immediately.
- We log information including IP addresses and web browsers from all visitors. We use this information to keep our site secure. We keep logs for up to 180 days.
- We may use Google Maps to help fill in addresses automatically. This feature sends your IP address to Google Maps to get your approximate location.
- We use Google Analytics to learn how people use our website. This helps us understand which pages are hardest to use. Google may use this information to show you better advertisements. Learn how to opt out of seeing “personalized ads.”
- We may use email and text message delivery services that may keep their own records of any messages you send. If you choose to log in with your phone number, this may include a record of the times you log in to VTCourtForms.
We keep your information safe
- We use the same technology that banks and online stores use to keep your information safe. We use:
- 256-bit encryption
- software firewalls
- limited access controls
- continual monitoring
- regular security updates
Sharing your information
- We never sell your information.
- We share anonymous information with a small number of nonprofits and researchers. We use the information to improve VTCourtForms and to improve free legal help in Vermont.
- When you visit some pages of VTCourtForms, the site may ask if you want to apply to get a free lawyer from legal aid. You get to decide if you want to share your personal information.
- You may choose to email completed forms or share a link to your in-progress work at any time to any person.
Bounced emails and email complaints
Our staff regularly reviews bounced email addresses that are sent from VTCourtForms. These email addresses are added to a do-not-send list. If you’d like us to add your email address to the VTCourtForms do-not-send list, please contact us via the address below.
These Terms of Use can change
We may change these Terms of Use at any time with no notice. Please review the terms on a regular basis to see any changes.
If you use VTCourtForms after we make changes, you accept our changed Terms of Use.
The laws of Vermont apply to these Terms of Use
If a judge decides that one of the terms in this Terms of Use is unenforceable, it will not change the terms that remain.
If you still have questions
Send any questions to:
Legal Services Vermont
274 North Winooski Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
