The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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ELECTION; AUTHORITY; DUTIES
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 153)
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§ 153. General powers; deputy, assistants
(a) The Attorney General shall have the general supervision of criminal prosecutions,
shall consult with and advise the State’s Attorneys in matters relating to the duties
of their office, and shall assist them by attending the grand jury in the examination
of any cause or in the preparation of indictments and informations when, in his or
her judgment, the interests of the State require it.
(b) The Attorney General may appoint a Deputy Attorney General with the approval of the
Governor, remove him or her at pleasure, and be responsible for his or her acts. Such
deputy shall perform such duties as the Attorney General shall direct, and in the
absence or disability of the Attorney General perform the duties of the Attorney General.
In case a vacancy occurs in the Office of Attorney General, such deputy shall assume
and discharge the duties of such office until such vacancy is filled. Such appointment
shall be in writing and be recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State. Such
Deputy Attorney General shall take the oath required by the constitution, shall be
an informing officer and have the same authority throughout the State in civil or
criminal matters as State’s Attorneys have in their respective counties.
(c) The Attorney General may appoint such Assistant Attorneys General and Special Assistant
Attorneys General as may be necessary for the proper and efficient performance of
his or her department, and with the approval of the Governor, fix their pay, remove
them at pleasure and be responsible for their acts. They shall have the same obligations,
power and authority as the Deputy Attorney General except those relating to the absence
or disability of the Attorney General and vacancy in the Office of Attorney General.
Their appointments and the revocation thereof shall be in writing and recorded in
the Office of the Secretary of State. All Assistant Attorneys General and Special
Assistant Attorneys General shall be attorneys at law. (Amended 1965, No. 44, § 1, eff. May 5, 1965; 1965, No. 125, § 15, eff. July 2, 1965; 1979, No. 59, § 13.)