The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 9 : Commerce and Trade
Chapter 071 : Trademarks; Registration of Name or Mark
Subchapter 002 : Registration of Name or Mark for Receptacles
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 2573)-
§ 2573. Mutilating receptacle or erasing name; penalty
A person who willfully destroys, mutilates, or defaces a receptacle bearing the name or other device of an owner who has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title, or willfully erases, mars, covers, or changes a name or other device produced in a permanent manner in or upon such receptacle, shall be imprisoned not more than 60 days or fined not more than $5.00, or both, for each receptacle so destroyed, mutilated, or defaced, or upon which a name or other device has been erased, marred, covered, or changed. For each subsequent offense, he or she shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $10.00, or both, for each receptacle so destroyed, mutilated, or defaced or upon which a name or other device has been erased, marred, covered, or changed. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
