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Vermont Statutes — Title 13, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

923 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1 — § 1
• § 10 — Punishment for attempt on indictment charging commission Under an information or indictment charging the commission of a felony, according as the proof is, the jury may return a verdict that the respondent is not guilty of the principal offense, but is guilty of an attempt to commit the same, in the
• § 1021 — Definitions
• § 1022 — Noise in the nighttime A person who, between sunset and sunrise, disturbs and breaks the public peace by firing guns, blowing horns, or other unnecessary and offensive noise shall be fined not more than $50.00. However, this section shall not prevent a person employing workers, for the purpose of gi
• § 1023 — Simple assault
• § 1024 — Aggravated assault
• § 1025 — § 1025
• § 1026 — Disorderly conduct
• § 1026a — Aggravated disorderly conduct
• § 1027 — Disturbing peace by use of telephone or other electronic communications
• § 1028 — Assault of protected professional; assault with bodily fluids
• § 1028a — Assault of correctional officer; assault with bodily fluids
• § 1029 — Alcoholism; limitations; exceptions
• § 1030 — Violation of an abuse prevention order, an order against stalking or sexual assault, or a protective order concerning contact with a child
• § 1031 — § 1031
• § 1032 — Law enforcement use of chokeholds
• § 1033 — Interference with access to health care facility
• § 1041 — § 1041
• § 1042 — § 1042
• § 1043 — First degree aggravated domestic assault
• § 1044 — Second degree aggravated domestic assault
• § 1047 — § 1047
• § 1048 — Removal of firearms
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• § 1061 — Definitions As used in this subchapter:
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• § 1063 — Aggravated stalking
• § 1064 — § 1064
• § 11 — § 11
• § 1101 — Bribing public officers or employees
• § 1102 — Public officers or employees accepting bribes
• § 1103 — § 1103
• § 1104 — § 1104
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• § 1106 — Kickbacks; purchasing supplies
• § 1107 — Kickbacks; granting licenses
• § 1108 — Kickbacks; private corporations
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• § 12 — § 12
• § 1201 — Burglary
• § 1204 — § 1204
• § 13 — § 13
• § 1301 — § 1301
• § 1302 — § 1302
• § 1303 — Abandonment or exposure of baby
• § 1304 — Cruelty to a child
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• § 1306 — § 1306
• § 1307 — § 1307
• § 1310 — Discarded ice boxes
• § 1311 — Unlawful sheltering; aiding a runaway child
• § 1375 — Definitions As used in this chapter:
• § 1376 — Abuse
• § 1377 — Abuse by unlawful restraint and unlawful confinement
• § 1378 — Neglect
• § 1379 — Sexual abuse
• § 1380 — Financial exploitation
• § 1381 — § 1381
• § 1382 — Deferred sentence Notwithstanding the limitation of subsection 7041
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• § 1384 — Civil action; recovery by Attorney General
• § 1385 — Civil investigation
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• § 14 — Lesser included offenses
• § 1404 — Conspiracy
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• § 1406 — Defense It is a defense to a prosecution under this chapter that the defendant renounced his or her criminal purpose by:
• § 1407 — Jurisdiction This chapter applies if:
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• § 1454 — § 1454
• § 1455 — Hate-motivated crimes
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• § 1457 — § 1457
• § 1458 — Definitions For purposes of this chapter only:
• § 1459 — Commencement of action and hearing
• § 1460 — Juvenile defendants
• § 1461 — Relief
• § 1462 — § 1462
• § 1463 — Procedure
• § 1464 — Enforcement
• § 1465 — Penalties
• § 1466 — § 1466
• § 1501 — Escape and attempts to escape
• § 1502 — Unlawfully aiding prisoners
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• § 1603 — Definitions For the purposes of this chapter:
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• § 1609 — Record of sale
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• § 1611 — Exemptions
• § 1612 — § 1612
• § 1701 — § 1701
• § 1702 — Criminal threatening
• § 1703 — § 1703
• § 1751 — False alarms to agencies of public safety
• § 1752 — § 1752
• § 1753 — False public alarms
• § 1754 — False reports to law enforcement authorities
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• § 1804 — § 1804
• § 1805 — Counterfeiting scrip A person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits or procures to be made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or aids or assists in making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, any scrip or imitation purporting to be scrip issued, under the authorization of 11 V.S.A. c
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• § 1814 — Selling or passing illicit money A person who sells, utters, or passes a bill of credit, bond, promissory writing or note, bill of exchange, order, or other paper, made, signed, drawn, or indorsed to be used as and in lieu of money, without authority from this State or some other state or country, k
• § 1815 — Description of paper forged or counterfeited In a complaint, information, or indictment for forgery or counterfeiting, or for uttering and publishing as true an instrument, document, or paper which may be the subject of the offense of forgery or counterfeiting, it shall be sufficient to describe suc
• § 1816 — Possession or use of credit card skimming devices and re-encoders
• § 1901 — Definition The words flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield, as used in this subchapter, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield, or copy, picture, or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be su
• § 1902 — Display A person shall not, in any manner, for exhibition or display:
• § 1903 — Illegal acts A person shall not publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, trample upon, or by word or act cast contempt upon any such flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Ve
• § 1904 — § 1904
• § 1904a — Use of State Seal and Coat of Arms The State Seal and Coat of Arms may be used for commemorative medals or for public displays not connected with any advertising, provided that:
• § 1905 — Penalty A person who violates any provision of this subchapter shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Acts Acts & Resolves
• § 1906 — Uniform interpretation This subchapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose and to make uniform the laws of the states which enact it. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Acts Acts &
• § 1931 — Repealed. 1979, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.). Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Acts Acts & Resolves Acts Affecting VSA Sections Rules State Agency Rules at Lexis/Nexis Court Rules at Lexis/Nexis Legislative Com
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• § 2001 — § 2001
• § 2002 — § 2002
• § 2003 — False tokens described The use of a matured check, or other order for the payment of money, as a means of obtaining from another person money or other property, or a release or discharge of a debt or obligation, or the signature of a person to a written instrument the false making whereof would be p
• § 2004 — § 2004
• § 2005 — § 2005
• § 2006 — False statement as to financial ability A person shall not knowingly make to a person, company, or corporation, or to a commercial agency, a false statement in writing signed by himself, herself, or by his or her direction, with intent that it shall be relied upon, respecting his or her financial co
• § 2007 — Receiving value upon false statement Knowing that a false statement in writing has been made respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person in whom he or she is financially interested or for whom he or she is acting, a person shall not procure, upo
• § 2008 — False statement as to present validity of prior statement Knowing that a statement in writing has been made respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person in whom he or she is financially interested or for whom he or she is acting, a person shall n
• § 2009 — Penalties A person who violates a provision of sections 2006-2008 of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Act
• § 2010 — § 2010
• § 2011 — Fraudulent use of badges A person not entitled by the rules and regulations of the departments of the Grand Army of the Republic, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Sons of Veterans, Woman’s Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman’s Auxiliary of
• § 2012 — Misrepresenting livestock
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• § 2014 — § 2014
• § 2015 — § 2015
• § 2016 — § 2016
• § 2017 — Repealed. 1979, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.). Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Acts Acts & Resolves Acts Affecting VSA Sections Rules State Agency Rules at Lexis/Nexis Court Rules at Lexis/Nexis Legislative Com
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• § 2019 — § 2019
• § 2020 — § 2020
• § 2021 — Telecommunications fraud and facilitation of telecommunications fraud
• § 2022 — Bad checks A person who issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee, shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. The court shall order restitution in the amount of the check
• § 2023 — § 2023
• § 2024 — Workers’ compensation fraud; criminal penalties Any person, including an employee, employer, medical case manager, health care provider, vocational rehabilitation provider, or workers’ compensation insurance carrier, who knowingly and with intent to defraud makes a false statement or representation
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• § 2026 — Installation of object in lieu of air bag
• § 2027 — Sale or trade of motor vehicle with an inoperable air bag
• § 2028 — Fraudulent violations of joint fiduciary accounts
• § 2029 — Home improvement and land improvement fraud
• § 2030 — Identity theft
• § 2031 — Insurance fraud
• § 2032 — Sales suppression devices
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• § 206 — § 206
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• § 207 — § 207
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• § 208 — § 208
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• § 2103 — Lottery tickets
• § 2131 — § 2131
• § 2132 — Repealed. 1979, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.). Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Acts Acts & Resolves Acts Affecting VSA Sections Rules State Agency Rules at Lexis/Nexis Court Rules at Lexis/Nexis Legislative Com
• § 2133 — At gaming house A person who plays at cards, dice, tables, or other game for money or other valuable in a common gaming or gambling house that is maintained for lucre and gain, shall be fined not more than $200.00 or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statute
• § 2134 — Keeping gambling instrument A person who has or keeps on premises owned or occupied by him or her implements or other things used in gambling and permits persons resorting to such premises to use such implements or things for the purpose of gambling shall be imprisoned not more than six months nor l
• § 2135 — Gambling machines—Sale, lease, or rental
• § 2136 — Possession A person shall be punished as provided in section 2139 of this title who has in his or her possession, or under his or her control, or who permits to be placed, maintained, or kept in a place of public resort or in premises occupied by him or her, or under his or her management or control