The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 065 : Perjury
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2901a)-
§ 2901a. Perjury by inconsistent statements
A person is also guilty of perjury and may be sentenced under section 2901 of this title if in one or more proceedings before or ancillary to a court or grand jury or in a contested case before a State agency pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25;
(1) he or she knowingly makes two or more statements under oath or affirmation which are material in the proceedings;
(2) the statements are inconsistent to the degree that the person necessarily believed one of them to be false; and
(3) both statements were made within the period of the statute of limitations. (Added 1983, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4b.)
