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: 10 V.S.A. § 1524)
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§ 1524. Labeling
(a) Every beverage container sold or offered for sale at retail in this State shall clearly
indicate by embossing or imprinting on the normal product label, or in the case of
a metal beverage container on the top of the container, the word “Vermont” or the
letters “VT” and the refund value of the container in not less than one-eighth inch
type size or such other alternate indications as may be approved by the Secretary.
This subsection does not prohibit including names or abbreviations of other states
with deposit legislation comparable to this chapter.
(b) The Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery may allow, in the case of liquor bottles, a
conspicuous, adhesive sticker to be attached to indicate the deposit information required
in subsection (a) of this section, provided that the size, placement, and adhesive
qualities of the sticker are as approved by the Commissioner. The stickers shall be
affixed to the bottles by the manufacturer, except that liquor that is sold in the
State in quantities less than 100 cases per year may have stickers affixed by personnel
employed by the Division of Liquor Control.
(c) This section shall not apply to permanently labeled beverage containers.
(d) [Repealed.] (Added 1971, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1975, No. 105, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; 1979, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1983, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1989, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1-3; 1989, No. 286 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1991, No. 97, eff. June 27, 1991; 2005, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2019, No. 73, § 21.)