Vermont · Vermont Statutes — Title 13, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Vt. Stat. (Crimes) § 3009: Refusing or delaying to execute criminal process An officer authorized to serve process who willfully and corruptly refuses to execute a lawful process, to him or her directed, and requiring him or her to apprehend or confine a person convicted or charged with an offense, or willfully and corruptly
What this law says, in plain English
An authorized officer who willfully and corruptly refuses or delays executing lawful criminal process, causing an accused or convicted person to escape, may be fined up to $500.
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