The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 382)
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§ 382. Transportation by truck; rest and feeding
(a) No person shall confine or permit to be confined any animals being transported by
truck under his or her orders or control for more than 18 consecutive hours without
their removal from the truck for a rest period of not less than four hours. The animals
shall be provided with feed and water during this period except when reasonable space,
food, and water are provided in the vehicle. Reasonable space for animals and protection
from the weather shall be provided in trucks employed commercially in the long distance
transportation of animals.
(b) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be in violation of subdivision 352(4) of this title. (Added 1989, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2003, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)