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
001
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COUNTY BUILDINGS AND LANDS
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 73)
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§ 73. Support of sheriff’s department
(a) The county shall provide the sheriff with an adequate bond, a suitable office, office
equipment and supplies, and adequate telephone service. The sheriff’s department
shall also be provided with law enforcement equipment, supplies, insurance, and funds
for maintaining and operating such equipment as the assistant judges consider necessary
to ensure that the department operates in a safe, accountable, and professional manner.
The county shall also provide reasonable secretarial assistance and bookkeeping assistance.
The county shall also provide funds necessary for department personnel to comply with
basic and in-service training requirements established by the Vermont Criminal Justice
Council; funds to provide the matching share for grants from federal, State, or private
sources; and funds to pay the liability insurance premiums for the sheriff and sheriff’s
deputies.
(b) From revenues derived from a contract, the sheriff’s department shall provide salaries,
equipment, and other funds necessary to carry out that contract. (Amended 1967, No. 345 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 1, 1969; 1971, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), eff. Feb. 3, 1972; 1977, No. 218 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1987, No. 262 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)