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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.

• § 3503 — Threats
• § 3504 — Reporting illnesses, diseases, injuries, and deaths associated with weapons of mass destruction
• § 351 — Definitions As used in this chapter:
• § 351a — § 351a
• § 351b — Scope of subchapter This subchapter shall not apply to:
• § 352 — Cruelty to animals A person commits the crime of cruelty to animals if the person:
• § 3521 — Domestic terrorism
• § 352a — Aggravated cruelty to animals A person commits the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals if the person:
• § 352b — Rules; affirmative defense
• § 353 — Degree of offense; sentencing upon conviction
• § 354 — Enforcement; possession of abused animal; searches and seizures; forfeiture
• § 355 — Interference with or cruelty to a guide dog
• § 356 — Humane officer required training; authorization to perform duties
• § 3601 — Definitions As used in this chapter:
• § 3602 — Valuation of trees or timber Any person who is entitled to damages pursuant to section 3606 of this title or who is entitled to restitution for a violation of section 3606a of this title may provide an assessment of the value, based upon the kind, condition, location, and use of the timber cut down,
• § 3603 — § 3603
• § 3604 — Exemptions The cutting, felling, or destruction of a tree or the harvest of timber by the following shall not be subject to a civil action under section 3606 of this title or a criminal penalty under section 3606a of this title:
• § 3605 — Financial surety required for continued timber harvesting activities
• § 3606 — Trespass; civil action
• § 3606a — Trespass; criminal penalty
• § 3609 — Transportation of trees; evidence A person found transporting upon a public highway one or more pine, spruce, hemlock, cedar, or other evergreen trees, under such condition or circumstances as to reasonably justify any police officer or a person from whom trees of such type have been stolen, or his
• § 361 — Interference with domestic animals
• § 362 — § 362
• § 363 — Shooting birds for amusement Except for the taking of game pursuant to Title 10, any person who keeps or uses any live bird for release to be shot for amusement or as a test of marksmanship or provides buildings, sheds, yards, rooms, fields, or other areas to be used for such shooting purposes, shal
• § 364 — Animal fights
• § 365 — Shelter of animals
• § 366 — Prohibited use of animals
• § 3701 — Unlawful mischief
• § 3705 — Unlawful trespass
• § 371 — Euthanizing animals
• § 3729 — § 3729
• § 3732 — Unauthorized removal of books from library A person who removes from a free public library, or a free town, village, or traveling library, a book, paper, magazine, document, or other reading matter, or an art book, picture, print, plate, or other art work, kept in such library for public use or circ
• § 3733 — § 3733
• § 3738 — § 3738
• § 3739 — Operation of vehicles on state owned land
• § 3740 — § 3740
• § 3761 — § 3761
• § 3761a — Abuse of the dead body of a person
• § 3762 — § 3762
• § 3763 — Exception Section 3762 of this title shall not prevent a surgeon or physician from having in his or her possession a dead human subject for anatomical investigation and instruction of students, if such subject was obtained without violating the law of the State. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Stat
• § 3764 — § 3764
• § 3765 — § 3765
• § 3766 — Grave markers and ornaments
• § 3767 — Penalties
• § 3768 — § 3768
• § 3769 — § 3769
• § 3770 — Use of damages recovered Such damages, when recovered by a town, association, society, corporation, or by commissioners, shall be expended under the direction of the party recovering the same for the benefit of the property injured. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes a
• § 3771 — Disturbing a funeral service
• § 3781 — Tapping gas pipes with intent to defraud A person who taps gas pipes with intent to take gas therefrom, or who connects pipes with such gas pipes so that gas may be used without passing through the meters for measurement, or who knowingly burns gas without measurement by gas meters, without the cons
• § 3782 — Tapping electric lines; injuries to electric plants A person who willfully commits or causes to be committed an act with intent to injure a machine, apparatus, or structure appertaining to the works of a person, firm, association, or corporation engaged in manufacturing, selling, or distributing ele
• § 3783 — § 3783
• § 3784 — Interfering with meters A person, other than an authorized agent or employee acting for the owner, manufacturer, or operator thereof, who maliciously opens, closes, breaks into, or in any manner adjusts or interferes with a meter, or other regulating or measuring device or appliance attached to or c
• § 3785 — § 3785
• § 3786 — § 3786
• § 3801 — Definitions As used in this section:
• § 3802 — Refusal to surrender line in an emergency A person shall not willfully refuse to surrender the use of a party line to another person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon police, medical or other aid in case of emergency. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes
• § 3803 — Declaring emergency falsely A person shall not request the use of a party line on pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that an emergency does not exist. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Acts Acts &
• § 3804 — Notice in telephone directories Every telephone directory hereafter distributed to the members of the general public shall contain a copy of this subchapter, printed in type which is no smaller than eight-point type and is headed by the word “warning” in larger and bold-faced type. The provisions of
• § 3805 — Penalties A person who violates this subchapter shall be fined not more than $300.00 or imprisoned for not more than one month, or both. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/Nexis Constitution Constitution of the State of Vermont Acts Acts & Resolves Acts Affect
• § 381 — Transportation by railroad; rest and feeding
• § 382 — Transportation by truck; rest and feeding
• § 383 — Shipping of animals
• § 3831 — Cutting ice and not fencing hole A person who takes ice from water over which people are accustomed to pass and does not place around the opening thereby made in the ice suitable guards to prevent a person, team, or vehicle from falling into such hole or opening shall be fined not more than $50.00.
• § 3832 — 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
• § 3833 — § 3833
• § 3834 — § 3834
• § 3835 — Surveillance devices; placement on private property without consent of owner; civil penalty
• § 384 — § 384
• § 385 — Transportation on the highway without title documents
• § 386 — Confinement of animals in vehicles
• § 387 — Transportation of horses; vehicles
• § 3903 — § 3903
• § 391 — Definitions In addition to those definitions set forth in section 351 of this title, the following words shall have the following definitions:
• § 392 — Administration of drugs; violation; rules
• § 393 — § 393
• § 394 — Testing
• § 395 — § 395
• § 396 — § 396
• § 397 — § 397
• § 398 — § 398
• § 399 — Abuse; disqualification
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• § 400 — § 400
• § 4001 — Slung shot, blackjack, brass knuckles—Use or possession A person who uses a slung shot, blackjack, brass knuckles or similar weapon against another person, or attempts so to do, or who possesses a slung shot, blackjack, brass knuckles, or similar weapon, with intent so to use it, shall be imprisoned
• § 4002 — § 4002
• § 4003 — § 4003
• § 4004 — Possession of dangerous or deadly weapon in a school bus or school building or on school property
• § 4005 — While committing a felony
• § 4006 — Record of firearm sales All pawnbrokers and retail merchants dealing in firearms shall keep a record book in which they shall record the sale by them of all revolvers and pistols, and the purchase by them of all secondhand revolvers and pistols. Such record shall include the date of the transaction,
• § 4007 — Furnishing firearms to children A person, firm, or corporation, other than a parent or guardian, who sells or furnishes to a minor under the age of 16 years a firearm or other dangerous weapon or ammunition for firearms shall be fined not more than $50.00 nor less than $10.00. This section shall not
• § 4008 — Possession of firearms by children A child under the age of 16 years shall not, without the consent of his or her parents or guardian, have in his or her possession or control a pistol or revolver constructed or designed for the use of gunpowder or other explosive substance with leaden ball or shot.
• § 4009 — § 4009
• § 4010 — Gun suppressors
• § 4011 — Aiming gun at another Any person who shall intentionally point or aim any gun, pistol, or other firearm at or towards another, except in self-defense or in the lawful discharge of official duty, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $50.00. Any person who shall discharge any such firearm so intent
• § 4012 — Reporting treatment of firearm wounds
• § 4013 — § 4013
• § 4014 — § 4014
• § 4015 — § 4015
• § 4016 — Weapons in court
• § 4017 — Persons prohibited from possessing firearms; conviction of violent crime
• § 4017a — Fugitives from justice; persons subject to final relief from abuse or stalking order; persons charged with certain offenses; prohibition on possession of firearms
• § 4018 — Drones
• § 4019 — Firearms transfers; background checks
• § 4019a — Firearms transfers; waiting period
• § 4020 — Sale of firearms to persons under 21 years of age prohibited
• § 4021 — Large capacity ammunition feeding devices
• § 4022 — Bump-fire stocks; possession prohibited
• § 4023 — Possession of firearms in hospital buildings prohibited
• § 4024 — Negligent firearms storage
• § 4025 — Straw purchasing of firearms
• § 4026 — Defacing of firearm’s serial number
• § 4027 — Polling places; firearms prohibited
• § 4051 — Definitions As used in this subchapter:
• § 4052 — Jurisdiction and venue
• § 4053 — Petition for extreme risk protection order
• § 4054 — Emergency relief; temporary ex parte order
• § 4055 — Termination and renewal motions
• § 4056 — Service
• § 4057 — Procedure
• § 4058 — Enforcement; criminal penalties
• § 4059 — Relinquishment, storage, and return of dangerous weapons
• § 4060 — § 4060
• § 4061 — § 4061
• § 4062 — Annual reporting; Office of Court Administrator and Agency of Human Services
• § 4071 — Paramilitary training prohibited
• § 4072 — Definitions As used in this chapter:
• § 4073 — § 4073
• § 4081 — § 4081
• § 4082 — Definitions As used in this subchapter:
• § 4083 — Unlawful conduct involving unserialized firearms, frames, and receivers
• § 4084 — Federal firearms licensees; authority to serialize firearms, frames, and receivers
• § 4101 — Definitions As used in this chapter:
• § 4102 — § 4102
• § 4103 — Access to computer for fraudulent purposes
• § 4104 — Alteration, damage, or interference
• § 4105 — Theft or destruction
• § 4106 — § 4106
• § 4107 — § 4107
• § 4501 — Limitation of prosecutions for certain crimes
• § 4502 — § 4502
• § 4503 — Proceedings begun after time limitation
• § 4504 — Limitation on actions for penalty—Accruing to prosecutor Actions upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to a person who prosecutes for the same, shall be commenced within one year after the commission of the offense, and not after. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statu
• § 4505 — Penalty accruing to State, county, or town Actions founded upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to the State, county, or town shall be commenced within two years after the commission of the offense, and not after, unless otherwise provided. Statutes Vermont Statutes O
• § 4506 — Penalty accruing to party aggrieved Actions upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to the party aggrieved shall be commenced within four years after the commission of the offense, and not after. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/
• § 4507 — Prosecutions limited by other statutes Sections 4501-4506 of this title shall not apply to an action, complaint, information, or indictment limited by a statute to be commenced within a shorter or longer time than is prescribed in such sections. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermo
• § 4508 — When prosecution deemed commenced For the purpose of determining whether a period of limitation prescribed by law has run, a prosecution for a felony or misdemeanor shall be deemed commenced upon the occurrence of the earliest of the following events:
• § 4511 — Actions against moneyed corporations for penalty The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to actions against moneyed corporations or against the directors or stockholders thereof, to recover a penalty or forfeiture imposed or to enforce a liability created by the act of incorporation or other
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• § 4604 — § 4604
• § 4605 — § 4605
• § 4631 — § 4631
• § 4635 — § 4635
• § 4636 — § 4636
• § 4637 — § 4637
• § 4638 — § 4638
• § 4701 — § 4701
• § 4702 — § 4702
• § 4703 — § 4703
• § 4801 — Test of insanity in criminal cases
• § 4802 — M’Naghten test abolished The M’Naghten test of insanity in criminal cases is hereby abolished. 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
• § 481 — § 481
• § 4814 — Order for examination of competency
• § 4815 — Place of examination; temporary commitment
• § 4816 — Scope of examination; report; evidence
• § 4817 — Competency to stand trial; determination
• § 4818 — § 4818
• § 4819 — § 4819
• § 4820 — Hearing regarding commitment
• § 4821 — § 4821
• § 4822 — Findings and order; persons with a mental illness
• § 4823 — Findings and order; persons with an intellectual disability
• § 4824 — Reporting; National Instant Criminal Background Check System
• § 4825 — Persons prohibited by federal law from possessing firearms due to mental illness; petition for relief from disability
• § 4903 — § 4903
• § 4904 — Duty of officer Such person or officer shall cause the offender to be conveyed to the line of this State nearest to the state where the offense was committed, there to be delivered to some proper officer ready to receive him or her. All persons to whom the warrant may be directed are required to obe
• § 4905 — By officers of New York state The authorities of the state of New York shall have the same power and authority to detain and transport through this State persons convicted of offenses and sentenced to be confined in a penitentiary in the state of New York, which they have to detain and transport the
• § 4906 — By officers of New Hampshire The authorities of the state of New Hampshire shall have the same power and authority to detain and transport through this State prisoners arrested in New Hampshire and held for trial or commitment by a court of record in New Hampshire, which they have to detain and tran
• § 4907 — Service of criminal process returnable in Massachusetts
• § 4908 — Powers of officers from another state A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or other officer or justice of a neighboring state, with his or her assistants, in the execution of any lawful process issuing from and returnable to a court in such state, may pass through this State and convey such persons
• § 4909 — Impeding officers of other states If a person assaults or obstructs an officer or his or her assistants passing through this State in the execution of any warrant or like process, he or she shall be liable to the same punishment as for assaulting or obstructing an officer of this State. Statutes Ver
• § 4910 — § 4910
• § 4941 — Definitions The word “Governor,” as used in this subchapter, shall include any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this State. The words “executive authority” shall include the Governor, and any person performing the functions of governor in a state other than this
• § 4942 — Duty of Governor Subject to the qualifications of this subchapter, and the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and acts of Congress in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the Governor of this State to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any othe
• § 4943 — Form of demand
• § 4944 — Investigation When a demand shall be made upon the Governor by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon the Attorney General or any prosecuting officer in this State to investigate or assist in investigating the demand,
• § 4945 — Extradition of persons imprisoned or awaiting trial in another state or who have left the demanding state under compulsion
• § 4946 — Extradition of person not in demanding state at time crime committed The Governor of this State may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person in this State who is charged in such other state in the manner provided in section 4943 of this title with committin
• § 4947 — Governor to issue warrant If the Governor shall decide that the demand should be complied with, he or she shall issue a warrant of arrest, that shall be sealed with the State Seal, and be directed to any sheriff, constable, or other person whom he or she may think fit to entrust with the execution t
• § 4948 — Manner and place of executing warrant Such warrant shall authorize the officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any place where he or she may be found within the State and to command the aid of all sheriffs and other peace officers in the execution of such warrant, and to de
• § 4949 — Authority of arresting officer Such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority in arresting the accused to command assistance therein, as sheriffs and other officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with the like penalties
• § 4950 — Rights of accused person; application for writ of habeas corpus A person arrested upon such warrant shall not be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him or her shall have appointed to receive him or her unless he or she shall first be taken forthwith before a judge of
• § 4951 — Penalty for noncompliance An officer who shall deliver a person in his or her custody under the Governor’s warrant to the agent for extradition of the demanding state in disobedience of section 4950 of this title shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.
• § 4952 — Confinement in jail when necessary
• § 4953 — § 4953
• § 4954 — § 4954
• § 4955 — § 4955
• § 4956 — Bail when ordered Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death or life imprisonment under the laws of the state in which it was committed, the judge or magistrate shall admit the person arrested to bail by bond or undertaking, with sufficient su
• § 4957 — § 4957