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. § 123)
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§ 123. Imprisonment for contempt
(a) Imprisonment as punishment for contempt, or to enforce orders, sentences, or decrees
in contempt proceedings, or upon execution issued in civil process shall be in a correctional
facility maintained by or for the State.
(b) Any person imprisoned for contempt, in addition to any other legal rights and remedies
available to him or her, shall be entitled to a review of the contempt proceedings
annually. The Commissioner of Corrections shall provide timely notice for the review
of the proceedings of any person so imprisoned to the sentencing court. The sentencing
court shall conduct a hearing and issue its order within 60 days of receipt of notice
from the Commissioner of Corrections. (Amended 1969, No. 141, § 3; 1969, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1973, No. 66.)