The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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INVESTIGATION OF FIRES
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 2833)
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§ 2833. Reports to Fire Marshal
(a) The chief of a volunteer or paid fire department or, if there is no fire department,
the selectboard chair of a town shall within five days of the occurrence of a fire
within the jurisdiction that causes serious injury to any person or loss or damage
to property that exceeds $200.00 forward a report of the fire to the State Fire Marshal
on forms provided by the Fire Marshal. If the reporting officer has reason to believe
that a fire is of suspicious origin, the officer shall report that fact to the State
Fire Marshal immediately. No fee shall be paid or allowed any officer for rendering
the report required by this subsection.
(b) An officer referred to in subsection (a) of this section who intentionally neglects
to comply with any of the requirements of this subchapter shall be fined not more
than $100.00. (Amended 1973, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2021, No. 20, § 175; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 394, eff. July 1, 2022.)