The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
004
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INVESTIGATION OF FIRES
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 2864)
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§ 2864. Attendance of witnesses; production of documents
The Fire Marshal and the Deputy Fire Marshal, or either of them, may summon and compel
the attendance of witnesses to testify relative to any matter that is subject to an
inquiry or investigation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and may require
the production of any book, paper, or document that they deem pertinent to the inquiry
or investigation. Witnesses shall be subpoenaed in the same manner as witnesses in
the Criminal Division of the Superior Court and a person shall not be excused from
appearing before the Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal when summoned to appear.
A witness shall receive the same compensation as is paid in the Criminal Division
of the Superior Court, which shall be paid out of the Fire Prevention and Building
Inspection Special Fund upon vouchers signed by the Fire Marshal or Deputy Fire Marshal
before whom the witnesses appeared. At the close of the investigation for which the
witnesses were subpoenaed the officer shall certify to their attendance and mileage
and the certificate shall be filed in the Office of the Fire Marshal. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238; 2021, No. 20, § 178.)