Title 13, Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure

§ 2505. Unauthorized use of boats or aircraft A person who, without the consent of the owner, takes, uses, operates, or removes, or causes to be taken, used, operated, or removed from a wharf, pier, anchorage, airfield, hanger, boathouse, or other building or from any place or lo…

§ 2506. Disposition of property upon arrest for larceny or robbery The officer who arrests a person charged as principal or accessory in robbery or larceny shall secure, if to be found, the property alleged to be stolen, and shall be answerable for the same, and shall annex a sch…

§ 2507. Larceny conviction in burglary or robbery prosecution A person arraigned and tried for burglary or robbery may be convicted of larceny, if the jury finds that offense proved.

§ 2508. Conviction of attempted larceny If, upon trial of a person for the offense of stealing from the person and custody of another, the evidence is not, in the opinion of the jury, sufficient to prove that offense, it may, upon sufficient evidence, convict such person of an at…

§ 2509. Pleading and proof of money stolen (a) In a complaint, information or indictment for larceny, in which it is necessary to make an averment as to money, bank bills, or promissory notes, issued or purporting to be issued by an incorporated bank or banking institution or cur…

§ 2531. Embezzlement generally (a) An officer, agent, bailee for hire, clerk, or servant of a banking association or an incorporated company, or a clerk, agent, bailee for hire, officer, or servant of a private person, partnership, trades union, joint stock company, unincorporate…

§ 2532. Officer or servant of incorporated bank A cashier or other officer, agent, or servant of an incorporated bank who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use bullion, money, notes, bills, obligations, or securities or other effects or property belonging to an…

§ 2533. Receiver or trustee A receiver or trustee appointed by the court in any litigation in this State, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use any money or other property in his or her hands as such receiver or trustee, shall be guilty of larceny and shall…

§ 2534. Executor or administrator An executor or administrator who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, money, obligations, securities, or other effects or property belonging to the estate of which he or she is executor or administrator, shall be guilty of la…

§ 2535. Guardian A guardian who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, money, obligations, securities, or other effects or property belonging to the person under guardianship or the estate of the person under guardianship, shall be guilty of larceny and shall b…

§ 2536. Carrier A carrier or other person to whom money, goods, or other property, the subject of larceny, is delivered to be carried for hire, or a person entrusted with such property, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, or secretes with intent to embez…

§ 2537. Person holding property in official capacity or belonging to the State or a municipality A State, county, town, or municipal officer or other person who in his or her official capacity receives, collects, controls, or holds money, obligations, securities, or other propert…

§ 2538. School funds A person entrusted with the charge of money, land, or other property belonging to a town or school district for the use of schools, who embezzles, misapplies, or conceals the same or any part thereof shall be liable to be removed from his or her trust and sha…

§ 2539. Pleading and proof of money embezzled and time of offense (a) In prosecutions for embezzling, fraudulently converting to one’s own use, or taking and secreting with intent so to embezzle or fraudulently convert, the bullion, money, notes, bank notes, checks, drafts, bills…

§ 2561. Penalty for receiving stolen property; venue (a) A person who is a dealer in property who buys, receives, sells, possesses unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aids in the concealment of property, knowing or believing the property to be stolen, shall be puni…

§ 2562. Joinder of counts for larceny and receiving stolen property In a complaint, information, or indictment for larceny against one or more persons, counts may be added for buying, receiving, selling, possessing unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aiding in the …

§ 2563. Conviction of one or more joint respondents On trial of two or more persons upon complaint, information, or indictment, for jointly buying, receiving, selling, possessing unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aiding in the concealment of stolen property, know…

§ 2564. Conviction of person who stole property not required In a prosecution for buying, receiving, selling, possessing unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aiding in the concealment of money or other property known to have been stolen, it shall not be necessary to…

§ 2573. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Retail value” means the merchant’s indicated price of the merchandise at the time of the theft. (2) “Merchandise” means any items of tangible personal property displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale. (3) “Merchant” means an …

§ 2574. Right of merchant to request merchandise to be kept in view A merchant has the right to request in a reasonable manner any person at his or her retail mercantile establishment to place and keep in full view any merchandise that the person has removed from its place of dis…

§ 2575. Offense of retail theft A person commits the offense of retail theft when the person, with intent of depriving a merchant wrongfully of the lawful possession of merchandise, money, or credit: (1) takes and carries away or causes to be taken and carried away or aids and ab…

§ 2576. Detention (a) Any merchant who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed or attempted to commit retail theft may detain the person on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of a retail mercantile establishment, affording the person the opportunity …

§ 2577. Penalty (a) A person convicted of the offense of retail theft of merchandise having a retail value not in excess of $250.00 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both. (b) A person convicted of the offense of re…

§ 2578. Restitution (a) A sentencing court may order reasonable restitution where merchandise stolen is not recovered or is recovered in damaged condition. Damages shall be calculated based on retail value. (b) Restitution may be ordered in addition to any other penalties imposed…

§ 2581. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (1) “Services” includes labor, professional service, transportation, public services not provided for in section 2021 of this title, accommodation in hotels, restaurants, or elsewhere, admission to exhibitions, or amusements or recr…

§ 2582. Theft of services (a) A person who purposely obtains services that he or she knows are available only for compensation, by deception or threat, or by false token or other means to avoid payment for the service shall if the services exceed $900.00 in value be imprisoned fo…

§ 2585. Hotel lien (a) A hotel shall have a lien for the reasonable value of any service furnished or for the amount of any accommodation extended by cashing drafts, checks, or otherwise to a person upon all baggage and other property belonging to or under the control of such per…

§ 2591. Theft of rented property (a) A person who converts to his or her own use any personal property, other than a motor vehicle leased or rented pursuant to a written agreement that has been entrusted to the person under an agreement in writing that provides for the delivery o…

§ 2592. Failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle (a) A person commits the offense of failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle if the person: (1) rents or leases a motor vehicle, as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4(21), pursuant to an agreement in writing that provides…