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. § 3976)
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§ 3976. Refusal to receive or obey and execute writ—Contempt proceedings
When a person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed refuses to receive the same,
or does not obey and execute it, unless sufficient excuse therefor is shown, such
court or magistrate shall compel obedience to the writ and punish the person guilty
of the contempt forthwith, by process of attachment as for contempt.