(h) If the tenant fails to pay rent into court in the amount and on the dates ordered
by the court, the landlord shall be entitled to judgment for immediate possession
of the premises. The court shall forthwith issue a writ of possession directing the
sheriff of the county in which the property or a portion thereof is located to serve
the writ upon the defendant and, not earlier than seven days after the writ is served,
or, in the case of an eviction brought pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 153, 30 days after the writ is served, to put the plaintiff into possession. (Added 1985, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1993, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. May 6, 1994; 1999, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 125 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 51; 2017, No. 11, § 18; 2021, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 31, 2022; 2023, No. 46, § 8, eff. June 5, 2023.)