The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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UNIFORM FISH AND WILDLIFE INFORMATION
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 4555)
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§ 4555. Answers to uniform fish and wildlife informations
(a) A person who is charged with committing a violation of this part may waive appearance
and trial with the consent of the prosecuting attorney and plead guilty or nolo contendere
by a signed statement. The person shall submit a fine in an amount as established
under subsection (b) of this section with the signed statement. The court shall accept
the signed statement accompanied by the fine assessed as a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere as indicated on the signed statement and shall proceed accordingly.
(b) Three Criminal Division of the Superior Court judges appointed by the Court Administrator
shall establish schedules, within the limits prescribed by law, of the amount of fines
to be imposed. The fines shall be paid to, receipted by, and accounted for by the
clerk in the same manner as other fines. A game warden or law enforcement officer
who issues an information shall advise the defendant of the schedule of fines and
show him or her a copy of that schedule.
(c) If a defendant fails to answer or appear as directed on the uniform fish and wildlife
information or by the Criminal Division of the Superior Court judge or fails to pay
the fine after judgment, the Commissioner shall suspend the hunting, fishing, and
trapping license or the privilege of the defendant to take wild animals in this State
until the defendant answers, appears, or pays the fine. (Added 1977, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.); amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238.)