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. § 659)
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§ 659. Refusal or neglect of officers to perform duties
(a) The county sheriffs, sheriff’s deputies, constables, officers or members of the village
or city police, State Police, and investigators of the Board of Liquor and Lottery
shall have the authority and duty to ensure that the provisions of this title and
the rules adopted by the Board of Liquor and Lottery pursuant to this title are enforced
within their respective jurisdictions. Any officer who willfully refuses or neglects
to perform the duties imposed upon him or her by this section shall be fined not more
than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.
(b) A control commissioner or State’s Attorney who willfully refuses or neglects to investigate
a complaint for a violation of this chapter, when accompanied by evidence in support
of the complaint, shall be fined $300.00. (Amended 2017, No. 83, § 115; 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 78.)