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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POUNDS AND IMPOUNDING
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 3384)
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§ 3384. Security to poundkeeper
When a person impounds an animal, the poundkeeper may require sufficient security
to indemnify him or her for liability for detaining the animal and for supplying it
with food and drink while in the pound. If the person so impounding does not furnish
such security within 24 hours, he or she may release the animal and deliver the same
to the owner or keeper, and the person impounding the animal shall be liable to the
poundkeeper for his or her costs, trouble, and expense.