The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 3551)
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§ 3551. Search warrants
An officer who has attempted to seize a domestic pet or wolf-hybrid under section
3546, 3549, 3624, 3806, or 3807 of this chapter and has not been permitted to search
for or take the animal, may apply to a judicial officer authorized to issue search
warrants for a warrant to search the properties of the owner of the animal or any
other property if the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the animal may
be on it. If the judicial officer is satisfied that there is a reasonable cause to
believe that the animal is on a property, the judicial officer shall issue a search
warrant authorizing a law enforcement officer of the State of Vermont to search the
property and premises for the animal within a specified period of time not to exceed
10 days and to seize the animal. The warrant shall be served between the hours of
6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. unless the warrant directs that it may be served at any time.
The judicial officer may, by appropriate provision in the warrant, and for reasonable
cause shown, authorize its execution at other times. The warrant shall designate the
court to which it shall be returned. (Added 1993, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 15, 1994; amended 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 403, eff. July 1, 2022.)