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: 12 V.S.A. § 5)
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§ 5. Dissemination of electronic case records
(a) The Court shall not permit public access via the internet to criminal, family, or
probate case records. The Court may permit criminal justice agencies, as defined in
20 V.S.A. § 2056a, internet access to criminal case records for criminal justice purposes, as defined
in 20 V.S.A. § 2056a.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Court shall provide licensed Vermont
attorneys in good standing with access via the internet, through the Judiciary’s public
portal website or otherwise, to nonconfidential criminal, family, and probate case
records.
(c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the Court from providing electronic
access to:
(1) court schedules of the Superior Court or opinions of the Criminal Division of the
Superior Court;
(2) State agencies in accordance with data dissemination contracts entered into under
Rule 12 of the Vermont Rules for Public Access to Court Records; or
(3) decisions, recordings of oral arguments, briefs, and printed cases of the Supreme
Court. (Added 2007, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 65; 2013, No. 67, § 9; 2019, No. 40, § 1; 2023, No. 46, § 7, eff. June 5, 2023; 2025, No. 64, § 6, eff. June 12, 2025.)