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.
Subchapter
002
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EMBEZZLEMENT
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2531)
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§ 2531. Embezzlement generally
(a) An officer, agent, bailee for hire, clerk, or servant of a banking association or
an incorporated company, or a clerk, agent, bailee for hire, officer, or servant of
a private person, partnership, trades union, joint stock company, unincorporated association,
fraternal or benevolent association, except apprentices and other persons under the
age of 16 years, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, or
takes or secretes with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert to his or her own
use, money or other property that comes into his or her possession or is under his
or her care by virtue of such employment, notwithstanding he or she may have an interest
in such money or property, shall be guilty of embezzlement.
(b) If the money or property embezzled does not exceed $100.00 in value, the person shall
be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. If
the money or property embezzled exceeds $100.00 in value, the person shall be imprisoned
not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; amended 2013, No. 61, § 2.)