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: 4 V.S.A. § 3)
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§ 3. Judicial officers; administrative and disciplinary control
The Supreme Court shall have administrative and disciplinary control of all judicial
officers of the State, in addition to and not inconsistent with the constitutional
powers of the General Assembly in those matters. It shall promulgate a Code of Judicial
Ethics that shall be binding on those officers for disciplinary purposes. It may promulgate
rules providing for the exercise of disciplinary control, including providing for
the manner of making and disposing of complaints of violations of judicial ethics,
a committee of the Judiciary for determining issues raised by complaints, and imposing
sanctions, including when appropriate suspension from judicial duties for the balance
of the term of the judicial officer charged. (1965, No. 194, § 14; amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.)