Vt. Residential Rental Housing Health & Safety Code (adopted under 18 V.S.A. ch. 172 / 20 V.S.A. ch. 172)

6 - Pest and Bedbug Control and Management
6.1 Owner Responsibilities:
6.1.1 The owner of a dwelling shall maintain all common spaces free from
infestation.
6.1.2 The owner of a dwelling shall be responsible for extermination of
infestation in all common spaces.
6.1.3 The owner of a dwelling shall be responsible for extermination of any
infestation in any dwelling unit when infestation in a dwelling unit is
caused by his or her failure to maintain the dwelling or infestation exists
in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling.
6.1.4 The owner of a rooming house shall maintain all rooming units and
common spaces free from infestation and shall be responsible for
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 extermination.

6.2 Occupant Responsibilities: The occupant of each dwelling unit shall maintain
that part of the dwelling he or she exclusively occupies free from infestation and
shall be responsible for extermination when the infestation is caused by his or
her failure to maintain the dwelling unit except as provided for in Section 6.1.3.

6.3 Extermination of Pest Animals and Bedbugs: Extermination shall be
accomplished by eliminating the harborage place of pests and bedbugs, by
removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food or
breeding ground and by treatments including but not limited to poisoning,
spraying, fumigating, heat treating, or trapping.