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13 V.S.A. § 2827
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 64 - Sexual Exploitation of Children|§ 2827. Possession of child sexual abuse material

§ 2827. Possession of child sexual abuse material|(a) No person shall, with knowledge of the character and content, possess or knowingly access with intent to view any photograph, film, or visual depiction, including any depiction that is stored electronically, of sexual conduct by, with, or on a child or of a clearly lewd exhibition of a child's genitals or anus.(b) This section shall not apply:  (1) if the depiction was possessed for a bona fide medical, psychological, social work, legislative, judicial, or law enforcement purpose, by a physician, psychologist, social worker, legislator, judge, prosecutor, law enforcement officer, or other person having such a bona fide interest in the subject matter; (2) if the person was a bona fide school, museum, or public library, or was a person acting in the course of employment as an employee or official of such an organization or of a retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational or intended purpose of that school, museum, or library; or (3) to paintings, drawings, or nonvisual or written descriptions of sexual conduct.   (c) In any prosecution arising under this section, the defendant may raise any of the following affirmative defenses, which shall be proven by a preponderance of the evidence:  (1) that the defendant in good faith had a reasonable basis to conclude that the child in fact had attained 16 years of age when the depiction was made; (2) that the defendant in good faith took reasonable steps, whether successful or not, to destroy or eliminate the depiction. (Added 1999, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2019, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 2828
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 64 - Sexual Exploitation of Children|§ 2828. Luring a child

§ 2828. Luring a child|(a) No person shall knowingly solicit, lure, or entice, or to attempt to solicit, lure, or entice, a child under 16 years of age or another person believed by the person to be a child under 16 years of age, to engage in a sexual act as defined in section 3251 of this title or engage in lewd and lascivious conduct as defined in section 2602 of this title.(b) This section applies to solicitation, luring, or enticement by any means, including in person, through written or telephonic correspondence or electronic communication.(c) This section shall not apply if the person is less than 19 years of age, the child is at least 15 years of age, and the conduct is consensual. (Added 1999, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 2005, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2019, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 2901
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 65 - Perjury|§ 2901. Punishment for perjury

§ 2901. Punishment for perjury|A person who, being lawfully required to depose the truth in a proceeding in a court of justice or in a contested case before a State agency pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, commits perjury shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1983, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4a; 2019, No. 77, § 13, eff. June 19, 2019.)
13 V.S.A. § 2901a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 65 - Perjury|§ 2901a. Perjury by inconsistent statements

§ 2901a. Perjury by inconsistent statements|A person is also guilty of perjury and may be sentenced under section 2901 of this title if in one or more proceedings before or ancillary to a court or grand jury or in a contested case before a State agency pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25;  (1) he or she knowingly makes two or more statements under oath or affirmation which are material in the proceedings; (2) the statements are inconsistent to the degree that the person necessarily believed one of them to be false; and (3) both statements were made within the period of the statute of limitations. (Added 1983, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4b.)
13 V.S.A. § 2902
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 65 - Perjury|§ 2902. Subornation of perjury

§ 2902. Subornation of perjury|A person who is guilty of subornation of perjury by procuring another person to commit the crime of perjury shall be punished as provided in section 2901 of this title.
13 V.S.A. § 2903
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 65 - Perjury|§ 2903. Attempt to suborn

§ 2903. Attempt to suborn|A person who corruptly endeavors to incite or procure a person to commit the crime of perjury, though no perjury is committed, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 2904
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 65 - Perjury|§ 2904. False swearing; false declaration

§ 2904. False swearing; false declaration|(a) A person of whom an oath is required by law, who willfully swears falsely in regard to any matter or thing respecting which such oath is required, shall be guilty of perjury and punished as provided in section 2901 of this title.(b) A person who declares, certifies, or verifies in a signed writing that a statement is true and is made under the pains and penalties of perjury, and who willfully makes a false statement in the declaration, certification, or verification, shall be guilty of perjury and punished as provided in section 2901 of this title. (Amended 2019, No. 77, § 5, eff. June 19, 2019.)
13 V.S.A. § 2905
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 65 - Perjury|§ 2905. In proof of loss to fire insurance company

§ 2905. In proof of loss to fire insurance company|A person who knowingly swears to any false statement made in a proof of loss to a fire insurance company authorized to do business in this State, with intent to defraud, shall be guilty of perjury and punished as provided in section 2901 of this title.
13 V.S.A. § 2906
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 65 - Perjury|§ 2906. Information and indictment for perjury

§ 2906. Information and indictment for perjury|It shall be sufficient in an information or indictment for perjury or subornation of perjury to set forth the substance of the offense charged, by what court or State agency and by whom the oath was administered, and that such court, State agency, or person had competent authority to administer the same, without setting forth, other than aforesaid, the record or other proceedings, or the commission or authority of such court, State agency, or person before whom the perjury was committed. (Amended 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4c.)
13 V.S.A. § 3001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3001. Impeding public officers

§ 3001. Impeding public officers|(a) A person who hinders an executive, judicial, law enforcement, civil, or military officer acting under the authority of this State or any subdivision thereof, or who removes a weapon from the person of a law enforcement officer, or who deprives a law enforcement officer of the use of a weapon, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. For purposes of this section, law enforcement officer is defined under section 3019 of this title.(b) As used in this section, "weapon" means any device, instrument, material, or substance, whether animate or inanimate, excluding a firearm as defined in section 3019 of this title, which, in the manner it is used or is intended to be used, is known to be capable of producing death, serious bodily injury, or temporary disability. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1979, No. 111 (Adj. Sess.); 1999, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 3002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3002. Impersonation of officer

§ 3002. Impersonation of officer|A person who impersonates or attempts to impersonate a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, fish and game warden, or any other State, county, or town officer shall:  (1) for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both; (2) for the second offense and subsequent offenses, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1995, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 3003
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3003. Witness refusing to appear before grand jury

§ 3003. Witness refusing to appear before grand jury|A person legally summoned to appear before the grand jury to give evidence of what he or she knows in regard to all matters of complaint pending and to be investigated before such jury, who willfully and wrongfully refuses to attend and testify, shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $10.00, or both.
13 V.S.A. § 3004
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3004. Costs on negotiable paper sued in name of trustee

§ 3004. Costs on negotiable paper sued in name of trustee|A person having a negotiable note or other instrument assigned for collection who prosecutes the same in the name of the assignee and thereupon recovers and takes more costs than would have been recoverable in case the note or other instrument had been sued in the name of the person to whom it was originally given shall be fined $20.00.
13 V.S.A. § 3005
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3005. Transfer of trusteed note not due

§ 3005. Transfer of trusteed note not due|A holder of a note or bill of exchange not due, who, after he or she has notice that a copy of a trustee writ has been served on the trustee, sells, transfers, or assigns such note or bill without fully informing the purchaser thereof and with intent to defeat such process, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $500.00, or both.
13 V.S.A. § 3006
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3006. Neglect of duty by public officers

§ 3006. Neglect of duty by public officers|A State, county, town, village, fire district, or school district officer who willfully neglects to perform the duties imposed upon him or her by law, either express or implied, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.
13 V.S.A. § 3007
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3007. Neglect of duty by members of boards and commissions

§ 3007. Neglect of duty by members of boards and commissions|When a duty, express or implied, is imposed by law upon a board or commission, any member thereof may, for any willful neglect of such duty on his or her part, be accused, tried, and punished separately as provided in section 3006 of this title.
13 V.S.A. § 3008
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3008. Application of two preceding sections

§ 3008. Application of two preceding sections|Sections 3006 and 3007 of this title shall not be construed as affecting a statute providing a punishment for a specific neglect or omission of duty on the part of a public officer nor as covering the offenses penalized by such special provisions of law.
13 V.S.A. § 3009
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3009. Refusing or delaying to execute criminal process

§ 3009. Refusing or delaying to execute criminal process|An officer authorized to serve process who willfully and corruptly refuses to execute a lawful process, to him or her directed, and requiring him or her to apprehend or confine a person convicted or charged with an offense, or willfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, by reason whereof such person escapes and goes at large, shall be fined not more than $500.00.
13 V.S.A. § 3010
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3010. Taking illegal fees

§ 3010. Taking illegal fees|An officer, or other person authorized to serve civil process, shall not receive any fee, commission, or other thing of value, for or on account of anything done by him or her concerning such civil process in his or her hands for service or its underlying cause of action, except the statutory fees for the service of such process. A person violating a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $100.00.
13 V.S.A. § 3011
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3011. Officers in charge of jury

§ 3011. Officers in charge of jury|An officer, sworn to take charge of a jury impaneled by the Superior Court for the trial of a cause, who, after they have been charged by the court, suffers a person to speak to them upon matters submitted to their charge, or speaks to them himself or herself about the same, except to ask if they are agreed upon a verdict, before they deliver their verdict in court, or are discharged, shall be fined not more than $500.00. The constable or other person having charge of a jury impaneled by a Justice, who in like manner offends, shall be fined not more than $200.00. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 99.)
13 V.S.A. § 3012
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3012. Agreement to enhance costs

§ 3012. Agreement to enhance costs|A person who agrees with an officer having an execution for collection, for the delay of such execution so that another action and another bill of costs may be had on the same demand, or makes a contract for the payment of costs upon such delay without suit, shall be fined $60.00.
13 V.S.A. § 3013
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3013. Multiplying actions

§ 3013. Multiplying actions|A person who directs an officer having an execution against several debtors to commit such debtors at different times for the purpose of obtaining separate jail bonds, that he or she may commence more than one action for the same demand, and commences more than one action upon the same, or purchases or procures to be purchased a note or other demand, for the purpose of putting the same in suit, when otherwise the owner or holder thereof would not sue the same, shall be fined $60.00, and, if an attorney, shall not be permitted to practice in any court until restored by order of the Supreme Court.
13 V.S.A. § 3014
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3014. Use of police broadcasts in furthering crime

§ 3014. Use of police broadcasts in furthering crime|A person who owns or operates a motor vehicle equipped with a radio receiving set capable of receiving signals on the frequencies allocated for police use who knowingly and without privilege makes use of any information that has been broadcast on local or State police radio frequencies for the purpose of furthering crime or aiding and abetting the flight of criminals shall be fined not more than $250.00 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both. (Added 1961, No. 260.)
13 V.S.A. § 3015
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3015. Obstruction of justice

§ 3015. Obstruction of justice|Whoever corruptly, or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, intimidates or impedes any witness, grand or petit juror, or officer in or of any court or agency, in a contested case, of the State of Vermont, or causes bodily injury to such person or intentionally damages the property of such person on account of such person's attendance at, deliberation at, or performance of his or her official duties in connection with a matter already heard, presently being heard or to be heard before any court or agency, in a contested case, of the State of Vermont, or corruptly or by threats or force or by any threatening letter or communication, obstructs or impedes, or endeavors to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. For the purposes of this section, "agency" and "contested case" shall have the meanings set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 801(b). (Added 1977, No. 203 (Adj. Sess.); amended 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4d.)
13 V.S.A. § 3016
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3016. False claim

§ 3016. False claim|(a) A person shall not, in any matter within the jurisdiction of a supervisory union school district or of any commission, board, department, or agency of the State or a county or municipality, with intent to defraud, falsify, conceal, or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or with intent to defraud make any false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or representation as to a material fact, or with intent to defraud make or use any writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or entry as to a material fact.(b) A person who violates this section shall, if the prohibited act results in no loss to a governmental entity or benefit to the person or results in a loss to a governmental entity or benefit to the person of less than $500.00 in value, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. A person who violates this section shall, if the prohibited act results in a loss to any governmental entity or a benefit to the person of $500.00 or more in value, whether by a single act or by a common scheme or course of conduct involving one or more transactions, be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.(c) A person who commits an act punishable under 33 V.S.A. § 2581(a) or (b) may not be prosecuted under this section. (Added 1987, No. 48, § 6.)
13 V.S.A. § 3017
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3017. Resisting arrest

§ 3017. Resisting arrest|(a) A person who intentionally attempts to prevent a lawful arrest on himself or herself, which is being effected or attempted by a law enforcement officer, when it would reasonably appear that the latter is a law enforcement officer, shall:  (1) for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $500.00, or both; (2) for the second offense and subsequent offenses, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.   (b) A defendant's mistaken belief in the unlawfulness of the arrest shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section.(c) A person may not be convicted of both an escape from lawful custody, as defined in subdivision 1501(a)(2) of this title, and a violation of this section. (Added 1995, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 3018
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3018. Hindering arrest

§ 3018. Hindering arrest|A person who intentionally hinders an arrest of another, which arrest is being effected or attempted by a law enforcement officer, when it would reasonably appear that the latter is a law enforcement officer, shall:  (1) for the first offense, be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $500.00, or both; (2) for the second offense and subsequent offenses, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1995, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
13 V.S.A. § 3019
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 67 - Public Justice and Public Officers|§ 3019. Disarming a law enforcement officer

§ 3019. Disarming a law enforcement officer|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Firearm" means any weapon, whether loaded or unloaded, that will expel a projectile by the action of an explosive, and includes any weapon commonly referred to as a pistol, revolver, rifle, gun, machine gun, or shotgun. (2) "Law enforcement officer" means:  (A) a person certified by the Vermont Criminal Justice Council as having satisfactorily completed the approved training programs required to meet the minimum training standards applicable to that person pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 2358; or (B) a constable who has not been prohibited from exercising law enforcement authority under 24 V.S.A. § 1936a and who has been certified by the Vermont Criminal Justice Council as having successfully completed a course of training pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 2358; or (C) a person certified as a member of the Capitol Police under 2 V.S.A. § 70.    (b) A person is guilty of disarming a law enforcement officer if:  (1) the person knowingly:  (A) removes a firearm from the person of a law enforcement officer; or (B) deprives a law enforcement officer of the use of a firearm; and  (2) the officer is acting within the lawful scope of the officer's duties; and (3) the person has reasonable cause to know or knows the individual is a law enforcement officer.   (c) A person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 1999, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)