The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCES
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 3484)
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§ 3484. Surety may have warrant
A surety in a recognizance taken by a Justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of a Superior
Court, or a clerk of the Supreme or Superior Court, may make written application to
the authority taking the recognizance for a warrant to apprehend the principal and
commit him to jail. The authority taking the recognizance shall thereupon issue such
warrant, directed to any sheriff or constable in the State. When the principal is
committed to jail on such warrant, the bail shall be discharged. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. April 9, 1974.)