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. § 3982)
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§ 3982. Penalty for attempting to elude service
Whether a writ has been issued or not, a person who has in his or her custody or under
his or her power a prisoner entitled to a writ of habeas corpus, and who, with intent
to elude the service of such writ or to avoid the effect thereof, transfers such prisoner
to the custody, or places him or her under the power or control of another person,
or conceals him or her or changes the place of his or her confinement, shall forfeit
to the person aggrieved $400.00, to be recovered in an action of tort on this statute.