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.
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 4625)
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§ 4625. Correctional facilities; use of drones prohibited; civil penalty
(a) A person shall not knowingly operate a drone over a correctional facility or surrounding
property that is readily recognizable to a reasonable person as being correctional
facility property or is reasonably identified as such by fencing or appropriate signs.
(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty
of not more than $500.00.
(c)(1) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the use of a drone by:
(A) the Department of Corrections;
(B) a person operating a drone with the written consent of the correctional facility’s
supervising officer; or
(C) a person operating a drone that is being used for a commercial purpose, if the person
is operating in compliance with any authorization, rule, or exemption granted by the
Federal Aviation Administration.
(2) With prior notice to the correctional facility, subsection (a) of this section shall
not apply to the use of a drone by:
(A) the Department of Buildings and General Services or its contractors working on behalf
of the Department;
(B) a law enforcement agency; or
(C) a public safety agency responding to an emergency or a person engaged in emergency
functions or emergency management pursuant to chapter 1 of this title (emergency management). (Added 2017, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 17, 2018.)