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.
Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 4514)
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§ 4514. Possession of flesh of game; restitution
(a) When legally taken, the flesh of a fish or wild animal may be possessed for food for
a reasonable time thereafter and such flesh may be transported and stored in a public
cold storage plant. Nothing in this section shall authorize the possession of game
birds or carcasses or parts thereof contrary to regulations made pursuant to the Migratory
Bird Treaty Act.
(b) Any person convicted of illegally taking, destroying, or possessing wild animals or
threatened or endangered species shall, in addition to other penalties provided under
this chapter, pay restitution in the following amounts into the Fish and Wildlife
Fund for each animal taken, destroyed, or possessed:
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(1) Big game |
no more than $2,000.00 and no less than $200.00 for the first offense and no less
than $500.00 each for a second or subsequent offense
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(2) Endangered or threatened species as defined in section 5401 of this title |
no more than $2,000.00 and no less than $500.00 each |
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(3) Small game |
no more than $500.00 and no less than $50.00 each |
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(4) Fish |
no more than $50.00 and no less than $25.00 each |
(c) A person who damages or destroys a wildlife facsimile owned by the Department of Fish
and Wildlife in violation of the requirements of part 4 of this title shall pay restitution
for the replacement or repair of the decoy into the Fish and Wildlife Fund. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1989, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 14, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012; 2015, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)