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. § 309)
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§ 309. Bonds of deputies; liability of sheriff; deputy’s powers and duties
A sheriff shall be liable for the official acts and neglects of his or her deputies,
and may take bonds of indemnity from them. Such deputies may, and when required, shall
perform any official duty which may be required of the sheriff. Returns of their acts
and doings shall be signed by them as deputy sheriffs, and their official acts shall
be deemed to be the acts of the sheriff.