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. § 3979)
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§ 3979. Confinement for contempt—Issuance and return of writ
When a person disobeys the order, decree, judgment, or process of a court or a magistrate
thereof, or is guilty of a contempt of such court or magistrate, and in consequence
is imprisoned or confined by the order or judgment of such court or magistrate, such
person shall be entitled to his or her writ of habeas corpus, returnable to the Supreme
Court.