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.
(Cite as: 1 V.S.A. § 551)
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§ 551. Concurrent jurisdiction reserved
When, pursuant to U.S. Const. Art. 1, § 8, cl. 17, consent to purchase is given and exclusive jurisdiction ceded to the United States
in respect to and over any lands within this State that shall be acquired by the United
States for the purposes described in such clause of the Constitution, such jurisdiction
shall continue so long as the lands are held and occupied by the United States for
public purposes; but concurrent jurisdiction is reserved for the execution upon such
lands of all process, civil or criminal, issued by the courts of the State and not
incompatible with the cession, and for the enforcement of State law in the federal
enclave along the border of Canada and Vermont by law enforcement officers certified
under 20 V.S.A. § 2358. The deed or other conveyance of such land to the United States shall contain a description
of such lands by metes and bounds and shall be recorded in the town clerk’s office
of the town in which such lands lie or an accurate map or plan and description by
metes and bounds of such lands shall be filed in such clerk’s office. (Amended 1999, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 29, 2000.)