§ 491. Coat of Arms; Crest; Motto and Badge The Coat of Arms, Crest, Motto and Badge of the State shall be and are described as follows: (1) Coat of Arms. Green, a landscape occupying half of the shield; on the right and left, in the background, high mountains, blue; the sky, yellow. From near […]
§ 492. Design of Coat of Arms The Secretary of State shall keep in the archives of his or her office a representation of the Coat of Arms according to the foregoing description.
§ 493. State Seal The State Seal shall be the Great Seal of the State, a faithful reproduction, cut larger and deeper, of the original seal, designed by Ira Allen, cut by Reuben Dean of Windsor and accepted by resolution of the General Assembly, dated February 20, 1779. The Seal shall be kept by the […]
§ 494. Use of State Seal The Vermont Development Board may, with the prior written consent of the Governor, reproduce the seal of the State of Vermont in any State-sponsored publication whether or not advertising is included in such publication. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 18(a), eff. March 1, 1961.)
§ 495. State Flag The Flag of the State shall be blue with the Coat of Arms of the State thereon.
§ 496. State Flags, purchase, distribution The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, State Flags. The Secretary may, on terms that he or she finds appropriate, distribute these State Flags to other states; to State officials, departments, and agencies; and to other persons the Secretary may determine should […]
§ 496a. Bennington Battle Flag The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, two copies of the Bennington Battle Flag, one for delivery to the Sergeant at Arms to be flown at the State House in Montpelier, under the U.S. Flag, on the 15th, 16th, and 17th days of […]
§ 496b. Green Mountain Boys Flag The Secretary of State shall obtain, through the Department of Buildings and General Services, a copy of the Green Mountain Boys Flag for delivery to the Sergeant at Arms to be flown at the State House in Montpelier, under the U.S. Flag, on the 15th day of January each […]
§ 496c. POW-MIA flag; flying on State flagpoles The State of Vermont shall fly on State-owned flagpoles, where practicable, the National League of Families Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Flag, as designated in 36 U.S.C. § 902, provided the flag is donated. (Added 2017, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2019, No. […]
§ 496d. Flag protocol The Department of Buildings and General Services shall adopt and update as necessary a protocol for the flying of any flag on a State-owned flagpole and on municipally owned flagpoles if statutorily directed. The protocol shall incorporate any existing flag-flying policies or protocols that the Department has previously adopted. (Added 2017, […]
§ 496e. Honor and Remember Flag The Honor and Remember Flag is designated as the flag that recognizes those Vermonters who died during or as the result of serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. This designation will recognize their bravery and educate Vermonters about the sacrifices their fellow citizens have made to […]
§ 497. State Bird The State Bird shall be the hermit thrush.
§ 498. State Flower The State Flower shall be the red clover.
§ 499. State Tree The State Tree shall be the sugar maple.
§ 500. State Animal The State Animal shall be the Morgan horse. (1961, No. 42, § 1, eff. March 23, 1961.)
§ 501. State Fish The State Cold Water Fish shall be the brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis) and the State Warm Water Fish shall be the walleye pike (sander vitreus). (Added 2011, No. 82 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 13, 2012.)
§ 502. State Insect The State Insect shall be the honeybee. (Added 1977, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1978.)
§ 503. State Beverage The State Beverage shall be milk. (Added 1983, No. 22, § 1, eff. April 22, 1983.)
§ 504. State Soil The State Soil shall be the Tunbridge soil series. (Added 1985, No. 9, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 1985.)
§ 505. State Butterfly The State Butterfly shall be the monarch. (Added 1987, No. 72, § 1, eff. June 8, 1987.)
