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
001
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ARREST AND COMPLAINT
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 5503)
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§ 5503. Recognizance by complainant
A warrant to apprehend a person charged with a criminal offense shall not be granted
by a district judge except on information or complaint of an informing or complaining
officer, until such magistrate has taken security to his or her satisfaction, by way
of recognizance to the person so charged, that the prosecutor will answer the damages
if he or she does not prosecute his or her information to effect, and a minute of
such recognizance shall be made as in civil causes. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 52, eff. April 9, 1974.)