The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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HIGH BAILIFF
(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 333)
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§ 333. Confinement of sheriff; vacancy
A high bailiff by virtue of a writ or other process directed to him or her against
the sheriff may commit the sheriff to the Commissioner of Corrections. While the
sheriff remains in confinement, or in case of vacancy in the office, the functions
of the sheriff shall be exercised by the high bailiff, who shall have the powers and
be subject to the liabilities of a sheriff until the sheriff is released from confinement
or one is appointed and sworn into office. (1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. July 1, 1972.)