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
:
UNIFORM ACT TO SECURE THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES FROM WITHOUT THE STATE IN CRIMINAL CASES
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 6648)
-
§ 6648. Exemption from arrest and service of process
(a) If a person comes into this State in obedience to a summons directing him or her to
attend and testify in such action in this State, he or she shall not, while in this
State pursuant to such summons, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil
or criminal, in connection with matters that arose before his or her entrance under
the summons.
(b) If a person passes through this State while going to another state in obedience to
a summons to attend and testify in such action in that state or while returning therefrom,
he or she shall not while so passing through this State be subject to arrest or the
service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters that arose before
his or her entrance into this State under the summons.