CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
       BY GENERAL ELECTION
       State of Vermont               )
                                      )     s.s.
       _____________________ County   )
       At ________________, on the _____ day of _______________ 20___, a canvassing committee 
       appointed by law completed a canvass of returns cast at the general election held on the ___th day of 
       November 20___, for the office of Justice of the Peace.
       The committee hereby certifies that ______________________________________ (Name) of
       ____________________ (Town or City) was duly elected to the office by the voters present and voting.
       ___________________________________
                   Town Clerk
       __________________________________
                   Election Official
             Note to Town Clerks:
             17 V.S.A. § 2592(i) requires the town or city clerk to mail or deliver in person to each 
             candidate elected a copy of this certificate prepared by the town clerk and one election 
             official.  
             The town clerk must also mail a list of the names and addresses of the justices of the peace, 
             and a notation of those who are newly elected to the Office of the Secretary of State, 
             Elections Division, and must notify the Elections Division of any changes in the names and 
             addresses at any time until the next election.
       Note to all persons who are presented with a Certificate of Election as a Justice of the Peace:
       YOUR TERM DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL FEBRUARY 1 of the year following the General Election and 
       runs for two years.  Unless you are an incumbent (already serving as JP in your town) you CANNOT 
       perform any duties as a Justice of the Peace until you have taken the Oaths of Office and Allegiance AND
       UNTIL FEBRUARY 1 of the year following the General Election and runs for two years.
       Rev. 11/05/2008