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13 V.S.A. § 1461
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 33 - Injunctions Against Hate-Motivated Crimes|§ 1461. Relief

§ 1461. Relief|(a) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has committed a hate-motivated crime against the complainant, or if the parties stipulate to an order, the court shall make such preliminary and final orders as it deems necessary to protect the complainant and the complainant's property and other appropriate persons who are in need of protection and such persons' property, including any of the following orders:  (1) an order to refrain from committing any crime against the complainant; (2) an order restricting the defendant's ability to contact the complainant; (3) an order prohibiting the defendant from coming within a fixed distance of the complainant, the complainant's residence or other designated locations where the complainant is likely to spend time; (4) an order to refrain from committing a hate-motivated crime against the complainant, other appropriate persons who are in need of protection and members of any protected category.   (b) A preliminary order issued under this chapter shall remain in effect until a final order is issued or for a fixed period that the court deems appropriate, but in no event more than 120 days without a further order from the court. A final order shall be issued for a fixed period, but in no event more than two years without a further order from the court. The court may extend any order for such time as it deems necessary to protect the complainant, other appropriate persons who are in need of protection and members of any protected category. It shall not be necessary for the court to find that the defendant has committed a hate-motivated crime during the pendency of an order to extend the terms of the order; however, the court shall find that there is a reasonable basis for continued protection. The court may modify its order at any subsequent time upon motion by either party and a showing of good cause.(c) Every preliminary or final order issued under this section shall bear the following language: VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER MAY BE PROSECUTED AS A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OR A FINE, OR BOTH, OR MAY BE PROSECUTED AS CRIMINAL CONTEMPT PUNISHABLE BY A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT OR A FINE, OR BOTH. (Added 1999, No. 56, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 1462
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 33 - Injunctions Against Hate-Motivated Crimes|§ 1462. Service

§ 1462. Service|Hate-motivated crime complaints, notices of hearing, and orders shall be served as soon as reasonably possible and in a manner that takes into consideration the safety of the complainant. (Added 1999, No. 56, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 1463
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 33 - Injunctions Against Hate-Motivated Crimes|§ 1463. Procedure

§ 1463. Procedure|(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, proceedings commenced under this chapter shall be in addition to any other available civil or criminal remedies.(b) The Supreme Court shall establish procedures consistent with this chapter that provide prompt access to relief.(c) Police departments, sheriffs' departments, and the State Police shall establish procedures for filing orders issued under this chapter and for making their personnel aware of the existence and contents of such orders.(d) The court that issues an order under this chapter shall transmit a copy of the order to the Department of Public Safety relief from abuse database. (Added 1999, No. 56, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 1464
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 33 - Injunctions Against Hate-Motivated Crimes|§ 1464. Enforcement

§ 1464. Enforcement|(a) Law enforcement officers are authorized to enforce orders issued under this chapter. Enforcement may include making an arrest in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 of the Vermont Rules of Criminal Procedure.(b) A law enforcement officer may rely upon a copy of any order issued under this chapter which has been provided to the law enforcement officer by any source. (Added 1999, No. 56, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 1465
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 33 - Injunctions Against Hate-Motivated Crimes|§ 1465. Penalties

§ 1465. Penalties|(a) Provided that notice was properly served, a person who violates a hate-motivated crime injunction issued under this chapter shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.(b) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent offense under this section shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the inherent authority of the courts to enforce their lawful orders through contempt proceedings.(d) Prosecution under this section shall not bar prosecution for any other crime, including any crime that may have been committed at the time of the violation of the hate-motivated crime injunction. (Added 1999, No. 56, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 1466
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 33 - Injunctions Against Hate-Motivated Crimes|§ 1466. Civil penalties

§ 1466. Civil penalties|The Attorney General may seek the imposition of a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.00, plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees for each violation of section 1455 or 1456 of this title, including violations of any injunction issued pursuant to this chapter. (Added 1999, No. 56, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 1501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 35 - Escape|§ 1501. Escape and attempts to escape

§ 1501. Escape and attempts to escape|(a) A person who, while in lawful custody:  (1) escapes or attempts to escape from any correctional facility or a local lockup shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both; or (2) escapes or attempts to escape from an officer, if the person was in custody as a result of a felony, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both; or if the person was in custody as a result of a misdemeanor, shall be imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.   (b)(1) A person shall not, while in lawful custody:   (A) fail to return from work release to the correctional facility at the specified time, or visits other than the specified place, as required by the order issued in accordance with 28 V.S.A. § 753; (B) fail to return from furlough to the correctional facility at the specified time, or visits other than the specified place, as required by the order issued in accordance with 28 V.S.A. § 808(a)(1)-(5) or § 723; (C) escape or attempt to escape while on release from a correctional facility to do work in the service of such facility or of the Department of Corrections in accordance with 28 V.S.A. § 758; or (D) elope or attempt to elope from the Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital or a participating hospital, when confined by court order pursuant to chapter 157 of this title, or when transferred there pursuant to 28 V.S.A. § 703 and while still serving a sentence.  (2) A person who violates this subsection shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (3) If the person is on furlough status pursuant to 28 V.S.A. § 723, 808(e), or 808a, a violation of this subdivision (1) of this subsection requires a showing that the person intended to escape from furlough.   (c) All sentences imposed under subsection (a) of this section shall be consecutive to any term or sentence being served at the time of the offense.(d) As used in this section:  (1) "No refusal system" means a system of hospitals and intensive residential recovery facilities under contract with the Department of Mental Health that provides high intensity services, in which the facilities shall admit any individual for care if the individual meets the eligibility criteria established by the Commissioner in contract. (2) "Participating hospital" means a hospital under contract with the Department of Mental Health to participate in the no refusal system. (3) [Repealed.]  (Amended 1967, No. 317 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 22, 1968; 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1973, No. 109, § 5; 1973, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. 30 days from April 3, 1974; 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. April 4, 2012; 2015, No. 5, § 1, eff. April 9, 2015; 2019, No. 77, § 10; 2019, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)
13 V.S.A. § 1502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 35 - Escape|§ 1502. Unlawfully aiding prisoners

§ 1502. Unlawfully aiding prisoners|(a) A person shall not:  (1) rescue or attempt to rescue a prisoner from a place in which a person is confined by authority of the State, or from an officer conveying one to any such place of confinement; or (2) counsel or assist in breaking open or attempting to break open any such place of confinement; or (3) directly or indirectly aid a prisoner in escaping or attempting to escape from any such place of confinement, or from an officer conveying one thereto, or from any officer or person who has the lawful custody of such prisoner; or (4) other than a prisoner, directly or indirectly break open or attempt to break open any such place of confinement.   (b) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $500.00. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 1503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 35 - Escape|§ 1503. Giving prisoner tools for escape; aiding escaped prisoner

§ 1503. Giving prisoner tools for escape; aiding escaped prisoner|A person who gives to a prisoner in any such place of confinement, or conveys therein, a tool, instrument, or weapon with intent to enable a prisoner to escape, whether such escape is effected or not; or who, not being a parent, child, wife, husband, brother, or sister of such prisoner, harbors, conceals, aids or comforts a prisoner who has escaped from any such place of confinement, knowing thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 1502 of this title. (Amended 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 1506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 35 - Escape|§ 1506. Officer aiding or voluntarily allowing escape

§ 1506. Officer aiding or voluntarily allowing escape|An officer or person employed in keeping, taking care of, or guarding the State prison or the prisoners therein, who aids or voluntarily suffers the escape of a prisoner, shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years. Jailers and officers, other than those employed in keeping, taking care of, or guarding the State prison or prisoners therein, who voluntarily suffer a prisoner in their custody, upon conviction or upon a criminal charge, to escape, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 1601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1601. Willful and malicious injuries caused by explosives

§ 1601. Willful and malicious injuries caused by explosives|A person who willfully and maliciously, by the explosion of gunpowder or any other explosive substance, unlawfully destroys or injures a dwelling house, office, shop, or other building, or a ship, vessel, or a dam or reservoir for storing water, shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 1602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1602. Attempts

§ 1602. Attempts|A person who willfully and maliciously throws into, against, or upon, or puts, places, or explodes, or causes to be exploded, in, upon, or near a dwelling house, office, shop, building, ship, vessel, or any dam or reservoir for storing water, gunpowder or other explosive substance, or a bombshell, torpedo, or other instrument filled or loaded with an explosive substance, with intent unlawfully to destroy or injure such dwelling house, office, shop, building, ship, vessel, or any dam or reservoir for storing water, or any person or property therein, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 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. § 1603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1603. Definitions

§ 1603. Definitions|For the purposes of this chapter:  (1) "Destructive device" means any:  (A) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb; or (B) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas grenade; or (C) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces; or (D) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce; or (E) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas mine; or (F) device that consists of or includes a breakable container including a flammable liquid or compound, and a wick composed of any material that, when ignited, is capable of igniting the flammable liquid or compound, and can be carried or thrown by one individual acting alone; or (G) device similar to those devices enumerated in subdivisions (1) and (1)(A)-(E) of this section.  A destructive device does not include a firearm or ammunition therefor. (2) "Explosive" means dynamite, or any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, or fulminate in bulk or dry condition, or blasting caps, or detonating fuses, or blasting powder, or any other similar explosive. The term does not include a firearm or ammunition therefor or any components of ammunition for a firearm including primers, smokeless powder, or black gunpowder. (3) "Hoax device" means any device so designed, assembled, fabricated, or manufactured as to convey the physical appearance of an explosive or incendiary bomb or the physical appearance of any of the devices enumerated in subdivisions (1)(A)-(F) of this section that is lacking an explosive or incendiary charge. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 1, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971; amended 1975, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. 30 days from April 7, 1976.)
13 V.S.A. § 1604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1604. Possession of destructive devices

§ 1604. Possession of destructive devices|A person who manufactures, possesses, stores, or transports a destructive device or a hoax device shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 2, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971; amended 1975, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. 30 days from April 7, 1976.)
13 V.S.A. § 1605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1605. Injuries caused by destructive devices

§ 1605. Injuries caused by destructive devices|A person who purposely and maliciously uses a destructive device to injure a person or to damage or destroy the property of another shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 3, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 1606
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1606. Possession and use of explosives

§ 1606. Possession and use of explosives|A person who possesses, purchases, stores, uses, or transports an explosive without a license as provided in 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2 shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 4, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 1607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1607. Sale of explosives

§ 1607. Sale of explosives|A person who gives, transfers, or sells an explosive to another who does not hold a license issued under 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2 shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 5, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 1608
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1608. Injuries caused by explosives

§ 1608. Injuries caused by explosives|A person who purposely and maliciously uses an explosive to injure a person or to damage or destroy the property of another shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 6, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 1609
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1609. Record of sale

§ 1609. Record of sale|(a) A person may not give, transfer, or sell an explosive to another unless the purchaser exhibits a valid license issued under 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2.(b) A person who gives, transfers, or sells an explosive to another shall record the name and address of the purchaser, the license number of the purchaser, the date of sale, the type and quantity of explosives sold, the serial or lot number of the explosives, if any, and the purpose for which the explosive is to be used on forms provided by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The purchaser holding a license shall keep a record of each purchase made and the disposition of the explosives, giving a full report without delay but in no event later than 24 hours after discovery of the loss or theft of any of such explosives to the Commissioner of Public Safety. The records shall be kept by the seller and the purchaser for a period of two years and shall be open to inspection by any law enforcement officer.(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 7, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 1610
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1610. Purchase in contiguous states

§ 1610. Purchase in contiguous states|Any person holding a valid license under 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2 may purchase explosives in any state contiguous to this State and transport them into this State, provided that he or she furnishes a record of each purchase to the Commissioner of Public Safety within 15 days of the transportation of the explosives into this State, and that he or she comply with both the laws applicable to the purchases in the contiguous state, and the pertinent statutes of the U.S. government. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 8, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 1611
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1611. Exemptions

§ 1611. Exemptions|(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to the U.S. Armed Forces, the duly authorized militia of the State, the fire or police departments of this State, or to the State or any subdivision thereof.(b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to destructive devices or explosives while being transported upon vessels, motor vehicles, or railroad cars in conformity with the regulations adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission.(c) The provisions of section 1604 of this title do not apply to a person who holds a valid license issued under Title 18 of the United States Code, chapter 44, to manufacture, possess, use, store, or transport a destructive device provided he or she is complying with the terms of the license. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 9, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 1612
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 37 - Explosives|§ 1612. Placing a hoax device

§ 1612. Placing a hoax device|A person who willfully and maliciously puts, places, or installs a hoax device in any building, house, facility of public transport, vehicular conveyance, ship, boat, aircraft, dam or reservoir for storing water shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1975, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. 30 days from April 7, 1976.)
13 V.S.A. § 1701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 39 - Extortion and Threats|§ 1701. Definition and penalty

§ 1701. Definition and penalty|A person who maliciously threatens to accuse another of a crime or offense, or with an injury to his or her person or property, with intent to extort money or other pecuniary advantage, or with intent to compel the person so threatened to do an act against his or her will, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1973, No. 109, § 6; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 1702
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 39 - Extortion and Threats|§ 1702. Criminal threatening

§ 1702. Criminal threatening|(a) A person shall not by words or conduct knowingly:  (1) threaten another person; and (2) as a result of the threat, place the other person in reasonable apprehension of death or serious bodily injury.   (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.(c) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section with the intent to prevent another person from reporting to the Department for Children and Families the suspected abuse or neglect of a child shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.(d) As used in this section:  (1) "Serious bodily injury" shall have the same meaning as in section 1021 of this title. (2) "Threat" and "threaten" shall not include constitutionally protected activity.   (e) Any person charged under this section who is under 18 years of age shall be adjudicated as a juvenile delinquent.(f) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the person did not have the ability to carry out the threat. The burden shall be on the defendant to prove the affirmative defense by a preponderance of the evidence. (Added 2015, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 6b.)
13 V.S.A. § 1703
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 39 - Extortion and Threats|§ 1703. Domestic terrorism

§ 1703. Domestic terrorism|(a) As used in this section:  (1) "Domestic terrorism" means engaging in or taking a substantial step to commit a violation of the criminal laws of this State with the intent to:  (A) cause death or serious bodily injury to multiple persons; or (B) threaten any civilian population with mass destruction, mass killings, or kidnapping.  (2) "Serious bodily injury" shall have the same meaning as in section 1021 of this title. (3) "Substantial step" means conduct that is strongly corroborative of the actor's intent to complete the commission of the offense.   (b) A person who willfully engages in an act of domestic terrorism shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $50,000.00, or both.(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the actor abandoned his or her effort to commit the crime or otherwise prevented its commission under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of his or her criminal purpose. (Added 2017, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018.)