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
005
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SHERIFFS
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 294)
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§ 294. Sheriff imprisoned
If a sheriff is confined in prison by legal process, his or her functions as sheriff
shall be suspended. When the sheriff is released from imprisonment during his or her
term of office, he or she shall file a certificate of his or her discharge signed
by one of the judges of the Superior Court, in the office of the county clerk, and
deliver a like certificate to the high bailiff. Thereupon he or she shall resume the
powers and execute the duties of sheriff. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 177.)