The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 12 : Court Procedure
Chapter 125 : Arrest, Bail, and Recognizances
Subchapter 003 : PROCEDURE FOR ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 3582)-
§ 3582. County answerable if jail insufficient
When an escape is made in consequence of the insufficiency of the jail, without negligence of the keeper, either in keeping the prisoner or repairing the jail, the county shall be answerable to such keeper for the costs and damages he or she sustains in consequence.
