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
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SHERIFFS
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 299)
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§ 299. Duties as peace officer
A sheriff shall preserve the peace using force only as permitted pursuant to 20 V.S.A.
chapter 151. A sheriff may apprehend, without warrant, individuals assembled in disturbance
of the peace and bring them before the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, which
shall proceed with such individuals as with individuals brought before it by process
issued by the court. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 78, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238; 2023, No. 30, § 8, eff. May 31, 2023.)