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: 7 V.S.A. § 562)
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§ 562. Search warrants
(a) If a State’s Attorney, the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery, an investigator duly
acting for the Board of Liquor and Lottery, or a control commissioner makes a complaint
under oath or affirmation to a judge of the Criminal Division of the Superior Court
that he or she or they have reason to believe that alcoholic beverages or alcohol
is kept or deposited for sale or distribution contrary to law, or that alcohol is
manufactured or possessed contrary to law, in any kind of vehicle, aircraft, watercraft,
or other conveyance, or a dwelling house, railway car, building, or place in the county,
the judge shall issue a warrant to search the premises described in the complaint.
(b) If the alcoholic beverages or alcohol is found there under circumstances warranting
the belief that it is intended for sale or distribution contrary to law, or if alcohol
is found in that place under circumstances warranting the belief that it is unlawfully
manufactured or possessed, or if any still or other apparatus for the manufacture
of alcohol is found in that place, the officer shall seize and convey the alcoholic
beverages, alcohol, or still or other apparatus to a secure place and keep it until
the court renders a final judgment on it. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. March 1, 1961; 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154, § 238; 2017, No. 83, § 80; 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 74.)