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13 V.S.A. § 2002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2002. False pretenses or tokens

§ 2002. False pretenses or tokens|A person who designedly by false pretenses or by privy or false token and with intent to defraud, obtains from another person money or other property, or a release or discharge of a debt or obligation, or the signature of a person to a written instrument, the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both, if the money or property so obtained exceeds $900.00 in value. A person who violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both, if the money or property obtained in violation of this section is valued at $900.00 or less. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 2003
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2003. False tokens described

§ 2003. False tokens described|The use of a matured check, or other order for the payment of money, as a means of obtaining from another person money or other property, or a release or discharge of a debt or obligation, or the signature of a person to a written instrument the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, such as is specified in section 2002 of this title, by a person who knows that the drawer thereof is not entitled to draw for the sum specified therein upon the drawee, is the use of a false token within the meaning of section 2002 of this title, although representation is not made in respect thereto.
13 V.S.A. § 2005
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2005. False advertising

§ 2005. False advertising|A person, firm, corporation, or association, or an agent or employee thereof, who, with intent to sell courses of instruction or to dispose of merchandise, real estate, securities, or service or to induce the public to enter into any obligations relating thereto, shall knowingly make, publish, circulate, or place before the public on radio or television or in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication or in form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, or tag, or through an electronic communication, an advertisement, or statement regarding educational advantages, merchandise, real estate, securities or service, which advertisement or statement shall contain anything untrue, deceptive, or misleading, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00. (Amended 1967, No. 20, eff. March 3, 1967; 1999, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
13 V.S.A. § 2006
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2006. False statement as to financial ability

§ 2006. False statement as to financial ability|A person shall not knowingly make to a person, company, or corporation, or to a commercial agency, a false statement in writing signed by himself, herself, or by his or her direction, with intent that it shall be relied upon, respecting his or her financial condition, or the financial ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person, company, or corporation in which he or she is financially interested or by which he or she is employed as manager, secretary, or superintendent, for the purpose of procuring in any form the delivery of personal property, the payment of cash, the making of a loan or credit, the extension of a credit, the discount of an account receivable, or the making, acceptance, discount, sale, or indorsement of a bill of exchange or promissory note, for the benefit of himself, herself, or such other person, company, or corporation.
13 V.S.A. § 2007
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2007. Receiving value upon false statement

§ 2007. Receiving value upon false statement|Knowing that a false statement in writing has been made respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person in whom he or she is financially interested or for whom he or she is acting, a person shall not procure, upon the faith thereof, for the benefit of himself, herself, or such other person, any of the things of benefit specified in section 2006 of this title.
13 V.S.A. § 2008
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2008. False statement as to present validity of prior statement

§ 2008. False statement as to present validity of prior statement|Knowing that a statement in writing has been made respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person in whom he or she is financially interested or for whom he or she is acting, a person shall not falsely represent on a later day, in writing, that such statement would be true if made on such later day, and thereby procure for the benefit of himself, herself, or such other person any of the things of benefit specified in section 2006 of this title.
13 V.S.A. § 2009
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2009. Penalties

§ 2009. Penalties|A person who violates a provision of sections 2006-2008 of this title shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.
13 V.S.A. § 2011
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2011. Fraudulent use of badges

§ 2011. Fraudulent use of badges|A person not entitled by the rules and regulations of the departments of the Grand Army of the Republic, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Sons of Veterans, Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion, or of any patriotic, secret, or charitable society, who willfully wears a badge, button, or insignia of any such society or uses the same for any fraudulent purpose within the State, shall be imprisoned not more than 30 days or fined not more than $50.00, or both.
13 V.S.A. § 2012
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2012. Misrepresenting livestock

§ 2012. Misrepresenting livestock|(a) A person shall not make false or fraudulent representations for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of registration of an animal in a herd register or other register of a club, association, society, company, or corporation.(b) A person shall not make false or fraudulent representations for the purpose of transfer of such certificate of registration.(c) A person shall not fraudulently represent that an animal is a registered animal, or has been registered, with the intent that such representation shall be relied upon by another.(d)(1) A "person" under this section is a person as defined in 1 V.S.A. § 128.  (2) A "registered animal" is an animal duly registered as a purebred in the official herd book or similar register of any recognized purebred registry association organized for the purpose of registering a particular breed of animals whose lineage has been established by registry records. (3) An animal has been "registered" when it qualifies as a registered animal as defined in subdivision (2) of this subsection.   (e) A person who violates a provision of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section shall be fined not more than $300.00 and shall be liable civilly for damages. (Amended 1963, No. 81.)
13 V.S.A. § 2013
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2013. Painting or disguising horses

§ 2013. Painting or disguising horses|A person who knowingly and designedly for the purpose of competing for a purse or premium offered by an agricultural society, corporation, or association within the State, enters or drives a horse or horse kind painted or disguised, or who for such purpose falsely and fraudulently represents a horse to be another from what it really is, or who for such purpose knowingly or designedly enters or drives a horse or horse kind in a class in which it is not entitled to be entered under the rules of such society, corporation, or association, shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 2014
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2014. Transferring chattel without notice of lien

§ 2014. Transferring chattel without notice of lien|A person who sells or disposes of personal property, or causes the same to be sold or disposed of by another, upon which there is a lien created by a previous attachment or conditional sale, or upon which he or she has previously given a bill of sale, without giving notice to the purchaser of such lien or bill of sale, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $200.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 2015
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2015. Transferring realty without notice of encumbrance

§ 2015. Transferring realty without notice of encumbrance|A person who knowingly and with intent to defraud sells, mortgages, or bonds real estate upon which there is an existing encumbrance, and receives a portion of the consideration of such sale or conveyance, without notifying the person taking such title or lien of such prior encumbrance, and embodying a description thereof in such subsequent conveyance, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 2016
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2016. Signing or issuing false certificates of stock

§ 2016. Signing or issuing false certificates of stock|A president or other officer or agent of a bank, railroad, manufacturing, or other corporation who willfully and designedly signs, with intent that it shall be issued or used, or causes to be issued or used, a false certificate or evidence of the ownership or transfer of shares of stock in such corporation, or a certificate or evidence of such ownership or transfer, that such officer has no authority to make or issue, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years nor less than one year and 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. § 2018
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2018. Fraudulent use of slugs and tokens

§ 2018. Fraudulent use of slugs and tokens|A person who operates or causes to be operated, or attempts to operate or to cause to be operated, any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property, transportation, or other service, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeited, mutilated, or sweated coin or by any means, method, trick, or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or receptacle; or one who takes, obtains, or receives from or in connection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, any goods, wares, merchandise, transportation, gas, electric current, article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any transportation or any telephone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instrument, phonograph, or other property, without depositing in and surrendering to such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle lawful coin to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee, or licensee of such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or receptacle, shall be fined not more than $100.00 or be imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 2019
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2019. Manufacture and sale of devices for cheating

§ 2019. Manufacture and sale of devices for cheating|A person who manufactures for sale, advertises for sale, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any slug, device, or substance whatsoever, designed or calculated to be placed or deposited in any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other such receptacle, depository or contrivance, designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, with the intent or having cause to believe that such slug, device, or substance shall or will be used to cheat or defraud the person entitled to the contents of any such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other such receptacle, depository, or contrivance, shall be fined not more than $500.00 or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 2022
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2022. Bad checks

§ 2022. Bad checks|A person who issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee, shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. The court shall order restitution in the amount of the check or order, together with a service charge not to exceed $5.00, if it is established that the defendant has the ability to pay. For the purposes of this section, it may be inferred that the issuer knew that the check or order, other than a post-dated check or order, would not be paid if:  (1) the issuer had no account with the drawee at the time the check or order was issued; or (2) the issuer had insufficient funds with the drawee at the time the check or order was issued or presented for payment, and  (A) the check or order was presented to the drawee for payment not more than 30 days after the date of issuance; and (B) payment was refused by the drawee for reasons other than seizure or attachment of the issuer's funds by order of a court or authorized governmental agency; and (C) the issuer or a person acting in his or her behalf failed to make full satisfaction of the amount of the check or order within 10 days after receiving notice of its dishonor by the drawee. (Added 1971, No. 254 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 11, 1972; amended 1981, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1982.)
13 V.S.A. § 2023
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2023. Simulating objects of antiquity or rarity

§ 2023. Simulating objects of antiquity or rarity|A person who, with the purpose of defrauding anyone or with the knowledge that he or she is facilitating a fraud to be perpetrated by anyone, makes or alters any object so that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not possess shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1975, No. 109, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 2024
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2024. Workers' compensation fraud; criminal penalties

§ 2024. Workers' compensation fraud; criminal penalties|Any person, including an employee, employer, medical case manager, health care provider, vocational rehabilitation provider, or workers' compensation insurance carrier, who knowingly and with intent to defraud makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining, affecting, or denying any benefit or payment under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 or the provisions of 8 V.S.A. Part 3, relating to insurance, either for herself or himself or for any other person, shall forfeit all benefits or payments obtained as a result of the false statement or representation and all or a portion of any right to compensation under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 as determined by the Commissioner and:  (1) for fraud involving $10,000.00 or more, be fined not more than $100,000.00 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and (2) for fraud involving less than $10,000.00, be fined not more than $10,000.00 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (Added 1993, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; amended 2003, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 26, 2004; 2009, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 2025
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2025. Employers without workers' compensation insurance; criminal sanction

§ 2025. Employers without workers' compensation insurance; criminal sanction|Any employer who fails to comply with the provisions of 21 V.S.A. § 687 shall be fined not more than $2,500.00 or imprisoned for up to one year, or both. For the purposes of this section, the term employer includes the owner or operator of a business, the officers of a corporation, and the partners in a partnership. (Added 1997, No. 19, § 10.)
13 V.S.A. § 2026
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2026. Installation of object in lieu of air bag

§ 2026. Installation of object in lieu of air bag|(a) No person shall knowingly install or reinstall or knowingly cause to be installed or reinstalled:  (1) an object in lieu of a vehicle air bag that was designed in accordance with the federal safety regulation for the make, model, and year of a vehicle; or (2) an inoperable vehicle air bag, knowing the air bag is inoperable.   (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.(c) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section, and serious bodily injury as defined in section 1021 of this title or death results, shall be imprisoned for not more than 15 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 2001, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 2027
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2027. Sale or trade of motor vehicle with an inoperable air bag

§ 2027. Sale or trade of motor vehicle with an inoperable air bag|(a) Any person selling or trading a motor vehicle who has actual knowledge that the motor vehicle's air bag is inoperable shall notify the buyer or the person acquiring the trade, in writing, that the air bag is inoperable.(b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $3,000.00. (Added 2001, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 2028
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2028. Fraudulent violations of joint fiduciary accounts

§ 2028. Fraudulent violations of joint fiduciary accounts|(a) No person shall intentionally violate 8 V.S.A. § 14212(b) or (e) while acting as a fiduciary on a joint fiduciary account.(b) A person who violates this section, or misappropriates funds of $500.00 or less in violation of this section, shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.(c) A person who misappropriates funds of more than $500.00 in violation of this section, or who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 2001, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 28, 2002.)
13 V.S.A. § 2030
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 47 - Frauds|§ 2030. Identity theft

§ 2030. Identity theft|(a) No person shall obtain, produce, possess, use, sell, give, or transfer personal identifying information belonging or pertaining to another person with intent to use the information to commit a misdemeanor or a felony.(b) No person shall knowingly or recklessly obtain, produce, possess, use, sell, give, or transfer personal identifying information belonging or pertaining to another person without the consent of the other person and knowingly or recklessly facilitating the use of the information by a third person to commit a misdemeanor or a felony.(c) For the purposes of this section, "personal identifying information" includes name, address, birth date, Social Security number, motor vehicle personal identification number, telephone number, financial services account number, savings account number, checking account number, credit card number, debit card number, picture, identification document or false identification document, electronic identification number, educational record, health care record, financial record, credit record, employment record, e-mail address, computer system password, or mother's maiden name, or similar personal number, record, or information.(d) This section shall not apply when a person obtains the personal identifying information belonging or pertaining to another person to misrepresent the person's age for the sole purpose of obtaining alcoholic beverages, tobacco, or another privilege denied based on age.(e) It shall be an affirmative defense to an action brought pursuant to this section, to be proven by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person had the consent of the person to whom the personal identifying information relates or pertains.(f) A person who violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more $5,000.00, or both. A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section involving a separate scheme shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 2003, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 8, 2004.)