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. § 6559)
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§ 6559. Allegation and proof of intent to defraud
When an intent to defraud is required to constitute a criminal offense, it shall be
sufficient to allege in the complaint, information, or indictment an intent to defraud,
without naming the person or body corporate intended to be defrauded. On trial it
shall be sufficient and shall not be deemed a variance if there appears to have been
an intent to defraud the United States, a state, county, town, city, district, a body
corporate, a public officer in his or her official capacity, a partnership or members
thereof, or a person.