Title 13, Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure

§ 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…

§ 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 mor…

§ 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 s…

§ 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 specia…

§ 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,…

§ 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 underly…

§ 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 hims…

§ 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 …

§ 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 …

§ 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 ha…

§ 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 bodi…

§ 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…

§ 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 f…

§ 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 imprisone…

§ 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…