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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WITNESS FEES
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 1559)
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§ 1559. Compensation of law enforcement officers for attendance at proceedings
(a) No full time State Police officer, municipal police officer, game warden, or other
State employee shall be paid or accept any compensation as a witness in any civil
or criminal proceeding to which the State is a party.
(b) In any civil proceeding in the State in which a full time State Police officer, municipal
police officer, game warden, or other State employee is subpoenaed as a witness either
because of his or her expert knowledge with regard to his or her employment area or
because of his or her past official actions, the fees due him or her as a witness
shall be paid by the party summoning the witness to the clerk of the court to be paid
to the State, the county, or the municipality, depending upon which governmental unit
employs the individual.
(c) These persons shall be compensated for such attendance by their employer according
to the terms of their employment. (Added 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. April 9, 1970; amended 1983, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.).)