The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
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Subchapter 001: ARREST AND COMPLAINT
§ 5501. Repealed. 1973, No. 118, § 25, eff. Oct. 1, 1973.
§ 5502. Copy of process for accused
When an officer does not within six hours deliver a true copy of the warrant or process
by which he or she detains a person in a criminal proceeding, to a person who demands
such copy and tenders the fees therefor, he or she shall forfeit to such person $200.00.
§ 5503. Recognizance by complainant
A warrant to apprehend a person charged with a criminal offense shall not be granted
by a district judge except on information or complaint of an informing or complaining
officer, until such magistrate has taken security to his or her satisfaction, by way
of recognizance to the person so charged, that the prosecutor will answer the damages
if he or she does not prosecute his or her information to effect, and a minute of
such recognizance shall be made as in civil causes. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 52, eff. April 9, 1974.)
§ 5504. Repealed. 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.
§§ 5505-5510. Repealed. 1973, No. 118, § 25, eff. Oct. 1, 1973.
§ 5511. Notification of unemancipated minor’s parent or guardian
(a) A law enforcement officer who arrests an unemancipated minor shall take reasonable
steps to notify, as soon as reasonably practicable, a parent or guardian of the minor:
(1) that the minor has been arrested;
(2) the location where the minor is being held if still in law enforcement custody; and
(3) the nature of the criminal charge against the minor.
(b) If the minor is cited to appear in court, a copy of the citation shall promptly be
mailed to the last known address of a parent or guardian of the minor. (Added 1997, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)