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.
Subchapter
001
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ELECTION; AUTHORITY; DUTIES
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 154)
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§ 154. Assistance
In the investigation and preparation for presentation to, or trial before, any court
or tribunal of any cause or matter in which the State is a party or is interested,
the Attorney General may employ such persons as in the Attorney General’s judgment
the public good requires, to search out, procure, and prepare evidence, and the Commissioner
of Finance and Management shall issue warrants therefor. An investigator who has successfully
completed a course of training under 20 V.S.A. chapter 151 shall have the same powers as sheriffs in criminal matters and the enforcement of
the law and in serving criminal process, and shall have all the immunities and matters
of defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs in a suit brought
against them in consequence for acts done in the course of their employment. (Amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1989, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)