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: 13 V.S.A. § 1753)
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§ 1753. False public alarms
(a) A person who initiates or willfully circulates or transmits a report or warning of
an impending bombing or other offense or catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning
is false or baseless and that it is likely to cause evacuation of a building, place
of assembly, or facility of public transport, or to cause public inconvenience or
alarm, shall, for the first offense, be imprisoned for not more than two years or
fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. For the second or subsequent offense, the
person shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00,
or both. In addition, the court may order the person to perform community service.
Any community service ordered under this section shall be supervised by the Department
of Corrections.
(b) [Repealed.] (Added 1971, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1997, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1999, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1999, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2015, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 31, 2016.)