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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LABELING FOR MARKETING AND SALE
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4054)
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§ 4054. Penalties
(a) A person who violates any of the provisions of section 4052 of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00,
or both; but if the violation is committed after a conviction of the person under
this section has become final, the person shall be imprisoned for not more than one
year or fined not more than $2,500.00, or both.
(b) A person shall not be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section for
having violated subdivision 4052(1) or (3) of this title if he or she establishes
a guaranty or undertaking signed by and containing the name and address of the person
residing in the State of Vermont from whom he or she received in good faith the article,
to the effect that the article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning
of this chapter, designating this chapter.
(c) No publisher, radio broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination
of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the
article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section
by reason of the dissemination by the person of such false advertisement, unless the
person has refused, on the request of the Commissioner, to furnish the Commissioner
the name and post office address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller,
or advertising agency, residing in the State of Vermont, who causes the person to
disseminate such advertisement. (Added 1959, No. 172, § 5, eff. May 12, 1959; amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; 2023, No. 53, § 85, eff. June 8, 2023.)