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. § 3953)
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§ 3953. Authority to grant writ; complaint
Such writ may be granted by a Superior judge, or by Superior Court during its sitting,
in the county where such person is imprisoned, on application by complaint in writing
signed by the party for whose relief it is intended or by some person in his or her
behalf, stating the person by whom and the place where the party is imprisoned or
restrained, naming the prisoner and the person detaining him or her, if their names
are known, and describing them, if they are not known, and stating also the cause
or pretense of such imprisonment or restraint, according to the knowledge and belief
of the person applying. The petitioner or the State may appeal from the decision
on the petition to the Supreme Court under chapter 102 of this title. (Amended 1966, No. 41 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 12, 1966; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)