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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PLEADINGS AND PROOF
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 6558)
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§ 6558. Allegation and proof of ownership
In the prosecution of an offense committed upon, or in relation to, or in any way
affecting real estate, or an offense committed in stealing, embezzling, injuring,
or fraudulently receiving or concealing money or other personal estate, it shall be
sufficient and not deemed a variance if it is proved on trial that, at the time when
the offense was committed, the actual or constructive possession, or the general or
special property in whole or in part of such real or personal estate was in the person
alleged in the complaint, information, or indictment to be the owner thereof.