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: 23 V.S.A. § 1746)
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§ 1746. Violations; admission; waiver
(a) Any person who has violated any ordinance of the town that regulates, districts, or
defines the time, place, or manner of parking vehicles in the town and who has not
been convicted of any violation of the parking ordinances more than twice before in
the same calendar year may, within three business days after the date of such violation,
by a statement signed by him or her, admit the violation and waive the issuance of
any process and a trial by jury or hearing, and may voluntarily pay to the police
court of the town the prescribed penalty.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, whenever in the
opinion of the court the gravity of the offense requires a fine in excess of the prescribed
penalty, as provided in section 1749 of this chapter, the court may refuse to accept
the signed statement and penalty and refer the matter to the State’s Attorney who
may proceed against the offender in the manner prescribed by law. In that event, the
signed statement and penalty shall be returned to the offender and shall not be considered
as an admission or used as evidence in any court in this State. (Added 1961, No. 103, § 6; amended 2017, No. 11, § 53; 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 209.)