§ 3001. Impeding public officers (a) A person who hinders an executive, judicial, law enforcement, civil, or military officer acting under the authority of this State or any subdivision thereof, or who removes a weapon from the person of a law enforcement officer, or who deprives a law enforcement officer of the use of a […]
§ 3002. Impersonation of officer A person who impersonates or attempts to impersonate a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, fish and game warden, or any other State, county, or town officer shall: (1) for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both; (2) for […]
§ 3003. Witness refusing to appear before grand jury A person legally summoned to appear before the grand jury to give evidence of what he or she knows in regard to all matters of complaint pending and to be investigated before such jury, who willfully and wrongfully refuses to attend and testify, shall be imprisoned […]
§ 3004. Costs on negotiable paper sued in name of trustee A person having a negotiable note or other instrument assigned for collection who prosecutes the same in the name of the assignee and thereupon recovers and takes more costs than would have been recoverable in case the note or other instrument had been sued […]
§ 3005. Transfer of trusteed note not due A holder of a note or bill of exchange not due, who, after he or she has notice that a copy of a trustee writ has been served on the trustee, sells, transfers, or assigns such note or bill without fully informing the purchaser thereof and with […]
§ 3006. Neglect of duty by public officers A State, county, town, village, fire district, or school district officer who willfully neglects to perform the duties imposed upon him or her by law, either express or implied, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.
§ 3007. Neglect of duty by members of boards and commissions When a duty, express or implied, is imposed by law upon a board or commission, any member thereof may, for any willful neglect of such duty on his or her part, be accused, tried, and punished separately as provided in section 3006 of this […]
§ 3008. Application of two preceding sections Sections 3006 and 3007 of this title shall not be construed as affecting a statute providing a punishment for a specific neglect or omission of duty on the part of a public officer nor as covering the offenses penalized by such special provisions of law.
§ 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 omits or delays to […]
§ 3010. Taking illegal fees An officer, or other person authorized to serve civil process, shall not receive any fee, commission, or other thing of value, for or on account of anything done by him or her concerning such civil process in his or her hands for service or its underlying cause of action, except […]
§ 3011. Officers in charge of jury An officer, sworn to take charge of a jury impaneled by the Superior Court for the trial of a cause, who, after they have been charged by the court, suffers a person to speak to them upon matters submitted to their charge, or speaks to them himself or […]
§ 3012. Agreement to enhance costs A person who agrees with an officer having an execution for collection, for the delay of such execution so that another action and another bill of costs may be had on the same demand, or makes a contract for the payment of costs upon such delay without suit, shall […]
§ 3013. Multiplying actions A person who directs an officer having an execution against several debtors to commit such debtors at different times for the purpose of obtaining separate jail bonds, that he or she may commence more than one action for the same demand, and commences more than one action upon the same, or […]
§ 3014. Use of police broadcasts in furthering crime A person who owns or operates a motor vehicle equipped with a radio receiving set capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use who knowingly and without privilege makes use of any information that has been broadcast on local or State police radio […]
§ 3015. Obstruction of justice Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, intimidates or impedes any witness, grand or petit juror, or officer in or of any court or agency, in a contested case, of the State of Vermont, or causes bodily injury to such person or intentionally […]
§ 3016. False claim (a) A person shall not, in any matter within the jurisdiction of a supervisory union school district or of any commission, board, department, or agency of the State or a county or municipality, with intent to defraud, falsify, conceal, or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, […]
§ 3017. Resisting arrest (a) A person who intentionally attempts to prevent a lawful arrest on himself or herself, which is being effected or attempted by a law enforcement officer, when it would reasonably appear that the latter is a law enforcement officer, shall: (1) for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than one […]
§ 3018. Hindering arrest A person who intentionally hinders an arrest of another, which arrest is being effected or attempted by a law enforcement officer, when it would reasonably appear that the latter is a law enforcement officer, shall: (1) for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more […]
§ 3019. Disarming a law enforcement officer (a) As used in this section: (1) “Firearm” means any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, that will expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, and includes any weapon commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, machine gun, or shotgun. (2) “Law enforcement officer” means: […]
