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13 V.S.A. § 3502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 76 - Weapons of Mass Destruction|§ 3502. Possession and use of weapons of mass destruction

§ 3502. Possession and use of weapons of mass destruction|(a) A person who knowingly and without lawful authority possesses, develops, manufactures, produces, transfers, acquires, or stockpiles any weapon of mass destruction shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years or fined not more than $100,000.00, or both.(b) A person who uses or directly employs against other persons a weapon of mass destruction in a form that may cause disabling illness or injury in human beings shall be imprisoned not less than 20 years nor more than life and fined not more than $250,000.00.(c) A person who uses a weapon of mass destruction in a form that may cause widespread damage to or disruption of water or food supplies shall be imprisoned not less than five years nor more than 30 years and fined not more than $250,000.00.(d) A person who uses a weapon of mass destruction against livestock or crops with the intent to cause widespread and substantial damage to livestock or crops shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years and fined not more than $250,000.00.(e) A person who uses a weapon of mass destruction in a form that may cause widespread and significant damage to public or private property shall be imprisoned not more than 30 years and fined not more than $250,000.00.(f) A person who uses recombinant technology or any other biological advance to create new pathogens or more virulent forms of existing pathogens for the purpose of creating a weapon of mass destruction shall be imprisoned not more than 20 years or fined not more than $250,000.00, or both.(g) A person who knowingly and intentionally places a hoax weapon in any public place, building, house, residence, facility of public transport, vehicular conveyance, train, ship, boat, aircraft, dam or reservoir for storing water, shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.(h) No university, research institution, private company, individual, or hospital engaged in scientific or public health research and, as required, registered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pursuant to part 113 (commencing with Section 113.1) of subchapter E of chapter 1 of Title 9 or pursuant to Part 72 (commencing with Section 72.1) of Subchapter E of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor provisions, shall be subject to this section.(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict prosecution under any other applicable laws. (Added 2001, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 3503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 76 - Weapons of Mass Destruction|§ 3503. Threats

§ 3503. Threats|(a) No person shall communicate a threat to use a weapon of mass destruction, knowing that the threat is likely to cause:  (1) evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transport; or (2) a person to fear serious bodily injury.   (b) A person who violates this section shall:  (1) For a first offense, be imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (2) For a second or subsequent offense, be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.   (c) It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant did not have the capability or means of committing the specified offense or that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject thereof. The foregoing shall not impair a defendant's right to assert a defense based upon insanity or diminished capacity.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict prosecution under any other applicable laws. (Added 2001, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 3601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 77 - Trees and Plants|§ 3601. Definitions

§ 3601. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Diameter breast height" or "DBH" means the diameter of a standing tree at four and one-half feet from the ground. (2) "Harvest" means the cutting, felling, or removal of timber. (3) "Harvest unit" means the area of land from which timber will be harvested or the area of land on which timber stand improvement will occur. (4) "Harvester" means a person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity that harvests timber. (5) "Landowner" means the person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity that owns or controls the land or owns or controls the right to harvest timber on the land. (6) "Landowner's agent" means a person, firm, company, corporation, or other legal entity representing the landowner in a timber sale, timber harvest, or land management. (7) "Stump diameter" means the diameter of a tree stump remaining after cutting, felling, or destruction. (8) "Forest products" means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass, fuel wood, or bark. (9) "Timber" means:  (A) trees of every size, nature, kind, and description; and (B) sprouts from which trees may grow, seedlings, saplings, bushes, or shrubs that have been planted or cultivated by a person who owns or controls the property where they are located. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 3602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 77 - Trees and Plants|§ 3602. Valuation of trees or timber

§ 3602. Valuation of trees or timber|Any person who is entitled to damages pursuant to section 3606 of this title or who is entitled to restitution for a violation of section 3606a of this title may provide an assessment of the value, based upon the kind, condition, location, and use of the timber cut down, destroyed, removed, injured, damaged, or carried away or, in the alternative, may assess the value of the timber as follows:  (1) if a tree is no more than six inches in stump diameter or DBH, $50.00; (2) if a tree is more than six inches and not more than ten inches in stump diameter or DBH, $100.00; (3) if a tree is more than 10 inches and not more than 14 inches in stump diameter or DBH, $300.00; (4) if a tree is more than 14 inches and not more than 18 inches in stump diameter or DBH, $750.00; (5) if a tree is more than 18 inches and not more than 22 inches in stump diameter or DBH, $1,500.00; (6) if a tree is greater than 22 inches in stump diameter or DBH, $2,000.00; (7) for a bush or shrub, $50.00. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 3603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 77 - Trees and Plants|§ 3603. Marking harvest units

§ 3603. Marking harvest units|As a best management practice, a landowner who authorizes timber harvesting or who in fact harvests timber should clearly and accurately mark the harvest unit with visible means. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 3604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 77 - Trees and Plants|§ 3604. Exemptions

§ 3604. Exemptions|The cutting, felling, or destruction of a tree or the harvest of timber by the following shall not be subject to a civil action under section 3606 of this title or a criminal penalty under section 3606a of this title:  (1) The Agency of Transportation, or its representatives, conducting vegetation management. (2) A municipality conducting brush removal subject to the requirements of 19 V.S.A. § 904. (3) A utility conducting vegetation management within the boundaries of the utility's established right-of-way. (4) [Repealed.] (5) A railroad conducting vegetation management. (6) A licensed surveyor establishing boundaries between abutting parcels under 27 V.S.A. § 4. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 3606
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 77 - Trees and Plants|§ 3606. Trespass; civil action

§ 3606. Trespass; civil action|(a) In addition to any other civil liability or criminal penalty allowed by law, if a person cuts down, fells, destroys, removes, injures, damages, or carries away any timber placed or growing for any use or purpose whatsoever, or forest products standing, lying, or growing belonging to another person, without permission from the owner of the timber or forest product, or cuts out, alters, or defaces the mark of a log or other valuable forest product, the party injured may recover of such person, in an action on this statute, treble damages for the value of the timber or forest product, and any damage caused to the land or improvements thereon as a result of such action. The injured party or landowner may rely on an assessment of damages based on the kind, condition, location, and use of the timber or forest product by the injured party or landowner, or alternatively, may elect to rely on the values established under section 3602 of this title.(b) If the defendant in an action brought pursuant to subsection (a) of this section establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she had good reason to believe that the timber or forest products belonged to him or her, or that he or she had a legal right to perform the acts complained of, the plaintiff shall recover single damages only, with costs.(c) As used in this section, "damages" shall include any damage caused to the land or improvements thereon as a result of a person cutting, felling, destroying, removing, injuring, damaging, or carrying away timber or forest products without the permission of the owner of the property on which the timber stands. (Amended 1959, No. 61, eff. March 26, 1959; amended 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 3606a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 77 - Trees and Plants|§ 3606a. Trespass; criminal penalty

§ 3606a. Trespass; criminal penalty|(a) No person shall knowingly or recklessly:  (1) cut down, fell, destroy, remove, injure, damage, or carry away any timber or forest product placed or growing for any use or purpose whatsoever, or timber or forest product lying or growing belonging to another person, without permission from the owner of the timber or forest product; or (2) deface the mark of a log, forest product, or other valuable timber in a river or other place.   (b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall:  (1) for a first offense, be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $20,000.00, or both; or (2) for a second or subsequent offense, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $50,000.00, or both. (Added 2015, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 3609
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 77 - Trees and Plants|§ 3609. Transportation of trees; evidence

§ 3609. Transportation of trees; evidence|A person found transporting upon a public highway one or more pine, spruce, hemlock, cedar, or other evergreen trees, under such condition or circumstances as to reasonably justify any police officer or a person from whom trees of such type have been stolen, or his or her  employees, to believe that such trees have been stolen or taken without the consent of the owner, such police officer, person, or his or her  employees, or any of them, may stop the person transporting such trees and interrogate such person as to where and from whom he or she obtained such trees and ask such person to produce a bill of sale or a writing showing his or her  rightful possession of such trees. If the person interrogated fails to produce a bill of sale or writing showing his or her  rightful possession of such trees or refuses to answer such interrogations, or if his or her  answers to such interrogations are false, it shall be prima facie evidence that such person has stolen such trees and upon conviction for such an offense he or she shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than $300.00, or both. (Amended 1959, No. 199.)
13 V.S.A. § 3701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3701. Unlawful mischief

§ 3701. Unlawful mischief|(a) A person who, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, does any damage to any property which is valued in an amount exceeding $1,000.00 shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both.(b) A person who, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, does any damage to any property which is valued in an amount exceeding $250.00 shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.(c) A person who, having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, intentionally does any damage to property of any value not exceeding $250.00 shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both.(d) A person who, with intent to damage property, and having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such a right, does any damage to any property by means of an explosive shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both.(e) For the purposes of this section "property" means real or personal property.(f) A person who suffers damages as a result of a violation of this section may recover those damages together with reasonable attorney's fees in a civil action under this section. (Amended 1971, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 5, 1972.)
13 V.S.A. § 3705
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3705. Unlawful trespass

§ 3705. Unlawful trespass|(a)(1) A person shall be imprisoned for not more than three months or fined not more than $500.00, or both, if, without legal authority or the consent of the person in lawful possession, he or she enters or remains on any land or in any place as to which notice against trespass is given by:   (A) actual communication by the person in lawful possession or his or her agent or by a law enforcement officer acting on behalf of such person or his or her agent; (B) signs or placards so designed and situated as to give reasonable notice; or (C) in the case of abandoned property:  (i) signs or placards, posted by the owner, the owner's agent, or a law enforcement officer, and so designed and situated as to give reasonable notice; or (ii) actual communication by a law enforcement officer.   (2) As used in this subsection, "abandoned property" means:  (A) real property on which there is a vacant structure that for the previous 60 days has been continuously unoccupied by a person with the legal right to occupy it and with respect to which the municipality has by first-class mail to the owner's last known address provided the owner with notice and an opportunity to be heard; and  (i) property taxes have been delinquent for six months or more; or (ii) one or more utility services have been disconnected; or  (B) a railroad car that for the previous 60 days has been unmoved and unoccupied by a person with the legal right to occupy it.    (b) Prosecutions for offenses under subsection (a) of this section shall be commenced within 60 days following the commission of the offense and not thereafter.(c) A person who enters a building other than a residence, whose access is normally locked, whether or not the access is actually locked, or a residence in violation of an order of any court of competent jurisdiction in this State shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $500.00, or both.(d) A person who enters a dwelling house, whether or not a person is actually present, knowing that he or she is not licensed or privileged to do so shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.(e) A law enforcement officer shall not be prosecuted under subsection (a) of this section if he or she is authorized to serve civil or criminal process, including citations, summons, subpoenas, warrants, and other court orders, and the scope of his or her entrance onto the land or place of another is no more than necessary to effectuate the service of process. (Added 1969, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1971, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1973, No. 109, § 7; 1979, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 17, 23; 2013, No. 49, § 3; 2013, No. 75, § 21.)
13 V.S.A. § 3729
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3729. Fire protection apparatus

§ 3729. Fire protection apparatus|A person who without lawful authority tampers or interferes with a main, hydrant, gate, or other fire protection apparatus of a municipal water system or with the fire protection apparatus of a private water system used for municipal purposes shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 3732
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3732. Unauthorized removal of books from library

§ 3732. Unauthorized removal of books from library|A person who removes from a free public library, or a free town, village, or traveling library, a book, paper, magazine, document, or other reading matter, or an art book, picture, print, plate, or other art work, kept in such library for public use or circulation, without the consent of the librarian or other person in charge of such library, shall be fined not more than  $50.00 for each offense, half to the use of the library from which the same was so removed, and the other half to the use of the treasury liable for the costs of prosecution.
13 V.S.A. § 3733
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3733. Mills, dams or bridges

§ 3733. Mills, dams or bridges|A person who willfully and maliciously injures, removes, or opens a dam, reservoir, gate, or flume or injures or removes the wheels, mill gear, or machinery of a water mill, or injures, removes, or destroys a public or toll bridge, 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. § 3738
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3738. Obstruction and use of private roads and lands by motor vehicle

§ 3738. Obstruction and use of private roads and lands by motor vehicle|A person who, by use of a motor vehicle as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4:  (1) obstructs a private driveway, barway, or gateway; or (2) travels over a private road that is so marked, or travels over other private lands; or (3) enters on private lands for the purpose of camping; without the permission of the owner or occupant shall be fined not more than $500.00. (Added 1967, No. 173; amended 1971, No. 95, § 1, eff. April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 3739
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3739. Operation of vehicles on state owned land

§ 3739. Operation of vehicles on state owned land|(a) A person who operates a motor vehicle, as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4, on any land that is owned or held by the State:  (1) except in places or on trails specifically designated and marked by the Secretary of Natural Resources; or (2) contrary to any rule governing the use of the place or trail shall be fined not more than $500.00. For the purposes of this section "land owned or held by the State" does not include a highway as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4.   (b) The Secretary of Natural Resources may by rule designate a place or trail for use by motor vehicles when it finds that natural, fish and wildlife, and other recreational activities or aesthetic values will not be substantially adversely affected. The Secretary may by rule specify under which weather and trail conditions or at which times or hours of the day designated trails or places may not be used. (Added 1971, No. 95, § 2, eff. April 22, 1971; amended 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
13 V.S.A. § 3740
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3740. Damage to State land

§ 3740. Damage to State land|A person who operates a motor vehicle, as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4, on any land, that is owned or held by the State, in such a manner as to purposely and maliciously cause injury, damage, erosion or waste to the land shall be fined not more than $500.00. For the purposes of this section "land" does not include a highway as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4. (Added 1971, No. 95, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971.)
13 V.S.A. § 3761
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3761. Unauthorized removal of human remains

§ 3761. Unauthorized removal of human remains|A person who, not being authorized by law, intentionally excavates, disinters, removes, or carries away a human body, or the remains thereof, interred or entombed in this State or intentionally excavates, disinters, removes, or carries away an object interred or entombed with a human body in this State, or knowingly aids in such excavation, disinterment, removal, or carrying away, or is accessory thereto, shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Amended 1989, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 3762
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3762. Search for concealed bodies

§ 3762. Search for concealed bodies|Upon the complaint and oath of a person made to him or her in writing that the remains of a dead person have been disinterred and removed and that the complainant has reason to believe that the remains of such dead person are secreted in a dwelling house or other building, a district judge shall issue a warrant, directed to any sheriff or constable, commanding him or her to make search in such place for such dead person. The officer serving such process shall not be liable for executing such warrant, whether the body of such dead person is found or not. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 48, eff. April 9, 1974.)
13 V.S.A. § 3763
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3763. Exception

§ 3763. Exception|Section 3762 of this title shall not prevent a surgeon or physician from having in his or her possession a dead human subject for anatomical investigation and instruction of students, if such subject was obtained without violating the law of the State.
13 V.S.A. § 3764
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 81 - Trespass and Malicious Injuries to Property|§ 3764. Cemeteries and monuments- Grave markers and historical tablets

§ 3764. Cemeteries and monuments- Grave markers and historical tablets|A person shall not intentionally and without right or authority excavate, steal, remove, injure, or destroy, or procure or cause to be excavated, stolen, removed, injured, or destroyed, a gravestone or monument erected to the memory of a deceased person, or erected and intended for such use, or a grave, tomb, or burial site, or portion thereof, in which the body or remains of a deceased person is interred, or that is intended for the interment of a deceased person, or a monument, tablet, or marker erected for the commemoration of some historical event or place by a historical or patriotic association or society on land on which such association or society has a right to erect the same. (Amended 1989, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)