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13 V.S.A. § 2406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 55 - Kidnapping|§ 2406. Unlawful restraint in the second degree

§ 2406. Unlawful restraint in the second degree|(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful restraint in the second degree if the person:  (1) not being a relative of a person under the age of 18, knowingly takes, entices, or harbors that person, without the consent of the person's custodian, knowing that he or she has no right to do so; or (2) knowingly takes or entices from lawful custody or harbors any person who is mentally incompetent, or other person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or an institution, without the consent of the person or institution, knowing that he or she has no right to do so; or (3) knowingly restrains another person.   (b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the defendant acted reasonably and in good faith to protect the person from imminent physical or emotional danger.(c) Unlawful restraint in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than $25,000.00, or both. (Added 1989, No. 293 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2001, No. 41, § 4; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 56.)
13 V.S.A. § 2407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 55 - Kidnapping|§ 2407. Unlawful restraint in the first degree

§ 2407. Unlawful restraint in the first degree|(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful restraint in the first degree if that person:  (1) knowingly restrains another person under circumstances exposing that person to a risk of serious bodily injury; or (2) holds another person in a condition of involuntary servitude.   (b) Unlawful restraint in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both. (Added 1989, No. 293 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 2451
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 56 - Custodial Interference|§ 2451. Custodial interference

§ 2451. Custodial interference|(a) A person commits custodial interference by taking, enticing, or keeping a child from the child's lawful custodian, knowingly, without a legal right to do so, when the person is a relative of the child and the child is less than 18 years old.(b) A person who commits custodial interference shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both.(c) It shall be a defense to a charge of keeping a child from the child's lawful custodian that the person charged with the offense was acting in good faith to protect the child from real and imminent physical danger. Evidence of good faith shall include the filing of a nonfrivolous petition documenting that danger and seeking to modify the custodial decree in a Vermont court of competent jurisdiction. This petition must be filed within three business days of the termination of visitation rights. This defense shall not be available if the person charged with the offense has left the State with the child. (Added 1979, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 24, 1980; amended 2017, No. 11, § 25.)
13 V.S.A. § 2501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2501. Grand larceny

§ 2501. Grand larceny|A person who steals from the actual or constructive possession of another, other than from his or her person, money, goods, chattels, bank notes, bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange or other bills, orders, or certificates, or a book of accounts for or concerning money, or goods due or to become due or to be delivered, or a deed or writing containing a conveyance of land, or any other valuable contract in force, or a receipt, release or defeasance, writ, process, or public record, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both, if the money or other property stolen exceeds $900.00 in value. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 2502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2502. Petit larceny

§ 2502. Petit larceny|For offenses mentioned in section 2501 of this title where the money or other property stolen does not exceed $900.00 in value, the court may sentence the person convicted to imprisonment for not more than one year or to pay a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1965, No. 195, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 46, eff. April 9, 1974; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 97.)
13 V.S.A. § 2503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2503. Larceny from the person

§ 2503. Larceny from the person|A person who steals or attempts to steal from the person and custody of another, property, the subject of larceny, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 2504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2504. Taking parcel of realty

§ 2504. Taking parcel of realty|A person who by a trespass with intent to steal, takes and carries away anything of value that is parcel of the realty, or annexed thereto, and the property of another against his or her will, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 2505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2505. Unauthorized use of boats or aircraft

§ 2505. Unauthorized use of boats or aircraft|A person who, without the consent of the owner, takes, uses, operates, or removes, or causes to be taken, used, operated, or removed from a wharf, pier, anchorage, airfield, hanger, boathouse, or other building or from any place or locality on a private or public enclosure or space, a boat, other water-borne craft, or aircraft used for the transportation of persons or property upon water, or in the air, and operates, drives, uses, or causes the same to be operated, driven, or used for his or her own profit, pleasure, use, or purpose, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $500.00, or both. This section shall not be construed to limit or restrict prosecutions for grand larceny.
13 V.S.A. § 2506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2506. Disposition of property upon arrest for larceny or robbery

§ 2506. Disposition of property upon arrest for larceny or robbery|The officer who arrests a person charged as principal or accessory in robbery or larceny shall secure, if to be found, the property alleged to be stolen, and shall be answerable for the same, and shall annex a schedule thereof to his or her return. Upon conviction of the offender, the property shall be restored to the owner.
13 V.S.A. § 2507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2507. Larceny conviction in burglary or robbery prosecution

§ 2507. Larceny conviction in burglary or robbery prosecution|A person arraigned and tried for burglary or robbery may be convicted of larceny, if the jury finds that offense proved.
13 V.S.A. § 2508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2508. Conviction of attempted larceny

§ 2508. Conviction of attempted larceny|If, upon trial of a person for the offense of stealing from the person and custody of another, the evidence is not, in the opinion of the jury, sufficient to prove that offense, it may, upon sufficient evidence, convict such person of an attempt to commit such offense.
13 V.S.A. § 2509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2509. Pleading and proof of money stolen

§ 2509. Pleading and proof of money stolen|(a) In a complaint, information or indictment for larceny, in which it is necessary to make an averment as to money, bank bills, or promissory notes, issued or purporting to be issued by an incorporated bank or banking institution or currency authorized to be circulated and circulating as money, it shall be sufficient to describe such money, bank bills, bank notes, or currency, simply as money, without specifying any particular coin, bank bill, bank note, or currency.(b) So far as regards the description of property, such allegation shall be sustained by proof of any amount of coin or of any bank bill, bank note, or piece of currency, although the particular species of coin of which such amount was composed or the particular nature of such bank bill, bank note, or currency, is not proved.
13 V.S.A. § 2531
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2531. Embezzlement generally

§ 2531. Embezzlement generally|(a) An officer, agent, bailee for hire, clerk, or servant of a banking association or an incorporated company, or a clerk, agent, bailee for hire, officer, or servant of a private person, partnership, trades union, joint stock company, unincorporated association, fraternal or benevolent association, except apprentices and other persons under the age of 16 years, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, or takes or secretes with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert to his or her own use, money or other property that comes into his or her possession or is under his or her care by virtue of such employment, notwithstanding he or she may have an interest in such money or property, shall be guilty of embezzlement.(b) If the money or property embezzled does not exceed $100.00 in value, the person shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. If the money or property embezzled exceeds $100.00 in value, the person shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; amended 2013, No. 61, § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 2532
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2532. Officer or servant of incorporated bank

§ 2532. Officer or servant of incorporated bank|A cashier or other officer, agent, or servant of an incorporated bank who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use bullion, money, notes, bills, obligations, or securities or other effects or property belonging to and in the possession of such bank or belonging to any person and deposited therein, shall be guilty of larceny and shall be imprisoned not more than 10 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. § 2533
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2533. Receiver or trustee

§ 2533. Receiver or trustee|A receiver or trustee appointed by the court in any litigation in this State, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use any money or other property in his or her hands as such receiver or trustee, shall be guilty of larceny and shall be imprisoned not more than 10 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. § 2534
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2534. Executor or administrator

§ 2534. Executor or administrator|An executor or administrator who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, money, obligations, securities, or other effects or property belonging to the estate of which he or she is executor or administrator, shall be guilty of larceny and shall be imprisoned not more than 10 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. § 2535
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2535. Guardian

§ 2535. Guardian|A guardian who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, money, obligations, securities, or other effects or property belonging to the person under guardianship or the estate of the person under guardianship, shall be guilty of larceny and shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2019, No. 77, § 14, eff. June 19, 2019.)
13 V.S.A. § 2536
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2536. Carrier

§ 2536. Carrier|A carrier or other person to whom money, goods, or other property, the subject of larceny, is delivered to be carried for hire, or a person entrusted with such property, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use, or secretes with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert to his or her own use such money, goods, or property before its delivery at the place at which, or to the person to whom, they were to be delivered, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
13 V.S.A. § 2537
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2537. Person holding property in official capacity or belonging to the State or a municipality

§ 2537. Person holding property in official capacity or belonging to the State or a municipality|A State, county, town, or municipal officer or other person who in his or her official capacity receives, collects, controls, or holds money, obligations, securities, or other property, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use any of such money, obligations, securities, or other property, or a person who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his or her own use money or other property belonging to the State or to a county or municipality, or a municipal corporation, or a special purpose district, shall be guilty of larceny and shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2007, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 2538
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2538. School funds

§ 2538. School funds|A person entrusted with the charge of money, land, or other property belonging to a town or school district for the use of schools, who embezzles, misapplies, or conceals the same or any part thereof shall be liable to be removed from his or her trust and shall forfeit to such town or district double the amount so embezzled, misapplied, or concealed, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute, in the name of such town or district, with costs.
13 V.S.A. § 2539
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2539. Pleading and proof of money embezzled and time of offense

§ 2539. Pleading and proof of money embezzled and time of offense|(a) In prosecutions for embezzling, fraudulently converting to one's own use, or taking and secreting with intent so to embezzle or fraudulently convert, the bullion, money, notes, bank notes, checks, drafts, bills of exchange, obligations, or other securities for money, of a person, bank, corporation, or partnership, by a cashier or other officer, clerk, agent, or servant, it shall be sufficient to allege generally in the indictment an embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or taking with such intent, of money to a certain amount, without specifying the particulars thereof.(b) At the trial, evidence may be given of any such embezzlement, fraudulent conversion, or taking with such intent committed within six months next before the time stated in the indictment. It shall be sufficient to maintain the charge in the indictment and shall not be deemed a variance if it is proved that bullion, money, notes, bank notes, checks, drafts, bills of exchange, or other securities for money of such person, bank, corporation, or partnership, of whatever amount, were fraudulently embezzled, converted, or taken with such intent by the respondent within such period of six months.
13 V.S.A. § 2561
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2561. Penalty for receiving stolen property; venue

§ 2561. Penalty for receiving stolen property; venue|(a) A person who is a dealer in property who buys, receives, sells, possesses unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aids in the concealment of property, knowing or believing the property to be stolen, shall be punished the same as for the stealing of such property.(b) A person who buys, receives, sells, possesses unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aids in the concealment of stolen property, knowing the same to be stolen, shall be punished the same as for the stealing of such property.(c) A buyer, receiver, seller, possessor, or concealer under subsection (a) or (b) of this section may be prosecuted and punished in the Criminal Division of the Superior Court in the unit where the person stealing the property might be prosecuted, although such property is bought, received, or concealed in another county or unit. (Amended 1973, No. 118, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1985, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 98.)
13 V.S.A. § 2562
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2562. Joinder of counts for larceny and receiving stolen property

§ 2562. Joinder of counts for larceny and receiving stolen property|In a complaint, information, or indictment for larceny against one or more persons, counts may be added for buying, receiving, selling, possessing unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aiding in the concealment of property stolen or a part thereof, knowing the same to be stolen. In such cause, the prosecutor shall not be put to his or her election, but upon one or more of the counts, the jury may convict or acquit one or more of the defendants, according to the proofs. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
13 V.S.A. § 2563
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2563. Conviction of one or more joint respondents

§ 2563. Conviction of one or more joint respondents|On trial of two or more persons upon complaint, information, or indictment, for jointly buying, receiving, selling, possessing unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aiding in the concealment of stolen property, knowing the same to be stolen, if it is proved that one or more of the persons separately bought, received, sold, possessed unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aided in the concealment of any such property, the jury may convict such of the persons as are proved to have bought, received, sold, possessed, or aided in the concealment of any part of such property, knowing the same to have been stolen. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
13 V.S.A. § 2564
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2564. Conviction of person who stole property not required

§ 2564. Conviction of person who stole property not required|In a prosecution for buying, receiving, selling, possessing unless with the intent to restore to the owner, or aiding in the concealment of money or other property known to have been stolen, it shall not be necessary to aver nor on trial to prove that the person who stole the property has been convicted. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
13 V.S.A. § 2573
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2573. Definitions

§ 2573. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Retail value" means the merchant's indicated price of the merchandise at the time of the theft. (2) "Merchandise" means any items of tangible personal property displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale. (3) "Merchant" means an owner or manager of any retail mercantile establishment, or any person or persons in a supervisory capacity or security officer authorized in writing by the owner or manager to make requests or detentions under this subchapter. (4) "Premises of a retail mercantile establishment" includes the retail mercantile establishment, any common use areas in shopping centers, and all parking areas set aside by a merchant or on behalf of a merchant for the parking of vehicles for the convenience of the patrons of the retail mercantile establishment. (5) "Reasonable force" means only that minimum amount of force necessary to detain the person who the merchant has reasonable cause to believe has committed the offense of retail theft. (6) "Retail mercantile establishment" means any place where merchandise is displayed or offered for sale to the public, including storage areas on the premises of such an establishment. (Added 1977, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 17, 1978; 1993, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 2574
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2574. Right of merchant to request merchandise to be kept in view

§ 2574. Right of merchant to request merchandise to be kept in view|A merchant has the right to request in a reasonable manner any person at his or her retail mercantile establishment to place and keep in full view any merchandise that the person has removed from its place of display, for any purpose. Notice of this request shall be conspicuously posted by the merchant in said retail mercantile establishment. (Added 1977, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 17, 1978.)