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. § 2016)
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§ 2016. Signing or issuing false certificates of stock
A president or other officer or agent of a bank, railroad, manufacturing, or other
corporation who willfully and designedly signs, with intent that it shall be issued
or used, or causes to be issued or used, a false certificate or evidence of the ownership
or transfer of shares of stock in such corporation, or a certificate or evidence of
such ownership or transfer, that such officer has no authority to make or issue, shall
be imprisoned not more than 10 years nor less than one year and fined not more than
$1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)