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13 V.S.A. § 2575
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2575. Offense of retail theft

§ 2575. Offense of retail theft|A person commits the offense of retail theft when the person, with intent of depriving a merchant wrongfully of the lawful possession of merchandise, money, or credit:  (1) takes and carries away or causes to be taken and carried away or aids and abets the carrying away of, any merchandise from a retail mercantile establishment without paying the retail value of the merchandise; or (2) alters, transfers, or removes or causes to be altered, transferred, or removed or aids and abets the alteration, transfer, or removal of any label, price tag, indicia of value, or any other markings affixed to any merchandise in a retail mercantile establishment and purchases the merchandise for less than its retail value; or (3) transfers or causes to be transferred or aids and abets in the transfer of any merchandise in a retail mercantile establishment from one container or location to another container or location and purchases the merchandise for less than its retail value; or (4) alters, transfers, counterfeits, or reproduces a retail sales receipt or a Universal Product Code (UPC) label or possesses an altered, counterfeit, or reproduced retail sales receipt or UPC label; or (5) possesses 15 or more altered, counterfeit, or reproduced retail sales receipts or UPC labels or possesses a device that is designed to alter, counterfeit, or reproduce retail sales receipts or UPC labels; or (6) manufactures, sells, offers for sale, distributes, or knowingly possesses a laminated or coated bag intended to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft detector; or (7) manufactures, sells, offers for sale, distributes, or knowingly possesses any tool or device designed to allow or capable of allowing the deactivation or removal from any merchandise of any theft detection device without the permission of the merchant or the person owning or lawfully holding the merchandise. (Added 1977, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2005, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 2576
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2576. Detention

§ 2576. Detention|(a) Any merchant who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed or attempted to commit retail theft may detain the person on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of a retail mercantile establishment, affording the person the opportunity to be detained in a place out of public view if available, in a reasonable manner that may include the use of reasonable force and for a reasonable length of time for any of the following purposes:  (1) to request and verify identification; (2) to make reasonable inquiry as to whether the person has in his or her possession unpurchased merchandise and, if unpurchased, to recover the merchandise; (3) to inform a law enforcement officer of the detention of the person and surrender that person to the custody of a law enforcement officer; and (4) in the case of a minor, to inform a law enforcement officer, and, if known or determined, the parent or parents, guardian, or other person having supervision of the minor of his or her detention and to surrender custody of the minor to the law enforcement officer, parent, guardian, or other person.   (b) Any person detained under subdivision (a)(3) or (4) of this section shall, if a telephone is available, have the right to make one local telephone call of reasonable duration. The merchant shall advise the person detained of this right. (Added 1977, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 17, 1978.)
13 V.S.A. § 2577
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2577. Penalty

§ 2577. Penalty|(a) A person convicted of the offense of retail theft of merchandise having a retail value not in excess of $900.00 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.(b) A person convicted of the offense of retail theft of merchandise having a retail value in excess of $900.00 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a person convicted of retail theft pursuant to:  (1) Subdivision 2575(4) of this title shall be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (2) Subdivision 2575(5), (6), or (7) of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1977, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 17, 1978; amended 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2005, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 2578
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2578. Restitution

§ 2578. Restitution|(a) A sentencing court may order reasonable restitution where merchandise stolen is not recovered or is recovered in damaged condition. Damages shall be calculated based on retail value.(b) Restitution may be ordered in addition to any other penalties imposed.(c) Restitution shall be supervised by the Department of Corrections. (Added 1977, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 17, 1978.)
13 V.S.A. § 2581
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2581. Definitions

§ 2581. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Services" includes labor, professional service, transportation, public services not provided for in section 2021 of this title, accommodation in hotels, restaurants, or elsewhere, admission to exhibitions, or amusements or recreational facilities, use of vehicles or other movable property. (2) "Movable property" means property the location of which can be changed, including things growing on, affixed to, or found in land, and documents although the rights represented thereby have no physical location. (3) "Obtain" means:  (A) in relation to property, to bring about a transfer or purported transfer of a legal interest in the property, whether to the obtainer or another; or (B) in relation to labor or service, to secure performance thereof. (Added 1967, No. 202, § 1, eff. April 17, 1967; amended 1973, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 35, § 3.)
13 V.S.A. § 2582
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2582. Theft of services

§ 2582. Theft of services|(a) A person who purposely obtains services that he or she knows are available only for compensation, by deception or threat, or by false token or other means to avoid payment for the service shall if the services exceed $900.00 in value be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. Otherwise, a person who violates a provision of this subsection shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. Where compensation for service is ordinarily paid immediately upon the rendering of such service, as in the case of hotels, restaurants, and transportation, refusal to pay or absconding without payment or offer to pay gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that the service was obtained by deception as to intention to pay.(b) A person who, having control over the disposition of services of others, to which he or she is not entitled, knowingly diverts such services to the person's own benefit or to the benefit of another not entitled thereto shall if the services exceed $900.00 in value be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. Otherwise a person who violates a provision of this subsection shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1967, No. 202, § 2, eff. April 17, 1967; amended 1973, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
13 V.S.A. § 2585
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2585. Hotel lien

§ 2585. Hotel lien|(a) A hotel shall have a lien for the reasonable value of any service furnished or for the amount of any accommodation extended by cashing drafts, checks, or otherwise to a person upon all baggage and other property belonging to or under the control of such person and in or on the premises of such hotel and may retain possession of such property until the same are paid.(b) The hotel may enforce the lien by sale as provided in 9 V.S.A. §§ 1952 and 1953. The owner of such property subject to hotel lien who desires to question the reasonableness of such charges shall have the rights provided in 9 V.S.A. § 1954. (Added 1967, No. 202, § 5, eff. April 17, 1967.)
13 V.S.A. § 2591
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2591. Theft of rented property

§ 2591. Theft of rented property|(a) A person who converts to his or her own use any personal property, other than a motor vehicle leased or rented pursuant to a written agreement that has been entrusted to the person under an agreement in writing that provides for the delivery of that personal property to a particular person or place or at a particular time, abandons it, or refuses or neglects to deliver it to the person or place and at the time specified in the written agreement, or who destroys, secretes, appropriates, converts, sells, or attempts to sell all or any part of it, or who removes or permits or causes it to be removed from this State, without the consent of its owner, shall be:  (1) if the value of the property involved is $900.00 or less, imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both; (2) if the property involved exceeds $900.00 in value:  (A) imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both; or (B) imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00 if the person has been previously convicted of a violation of this subdivision (a)(2) of this section.    (b) All written agreements for the rental of personal property shall bear a statement in bold face type in the following form:NOTICE FAILURE TO RETURN THE RENTAL PROPERTY WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER DELIVERY TO YOU OF  NOTICE TO RETURN, OR WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THIS AGREEMENT HAS EXPIRED OR THE PRESENTING OF FALSE, FICTITIOUS OR MISLEADING IDENTIFICATION MAY BE CONSIDERED  AS EVIDENCE OF AN INTENTION TO COMMIT LARCENY. (Added 1969, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
13 V.S.A. § 2592
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 57 - Larceny and Embezzlement|§ 2592. Failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle

§ 2592. Failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle|(a) A person commits the offense of failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle if the person:  (1) rents or leases a motor vehicle, as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4(21), pursuant to an agreement in writing that provides for the return of the vehicle to a particular place at a particular time; (2) intentionally and without good cause fails to return the vehicle to that place within 72 hours after the time and date specified; (3) does not give notice to the person from whom the vehicle was rented or leased that he or she will not be able to return the vehicle on the date and time stated in the agreement and does not obtain an extension of the date and time on which the vehicle will be returned; and (4) when the person rented or leased the vehicle, the person was provided the following notice in boldface type:   NOTICETHE FAILURE TO RETURN A RENTED OR LEASED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED IN THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITHOUT EXTENDING THE DATE AND TIME IS A CRIME UNDER VERMONT LAW (13 V.S.A. § 2592) AND MAY RESULT IN A CRIMINAL PENALTY OF UP TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT OR A $5,000.00 FINE, OR BOTH.(b) A person who violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than three years or fined not more than $3,000.00, or both. If the person has been previously convicted of a violation of this section, the person shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
13 V.S.A. § 2601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2601. Lewd and lascivious conduct

§ 2601. Lewd and lascivious conduct|A person guilty of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior shall be imprisoned not more than five years or fined not more than $300.00, or both. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
13 V.S.A. § 2601a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2601a. Prohibited conduct

§ 2601a. Prohibited conduct|(a) No person shall engage in open and gross lewdness.(b) A person who violates this section shall:  (1) be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $300.00, or both, for a first offense; and (2) be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both, for a second or subsequent offense. (Added 2017, No. 44, § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 2602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2602. Lewd or lascivious conduct with child

§ 2602. Lewd or lascivious conduct with child|(a)(1) No person shall willfully and lewdly commit any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of 16 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of such person or of such child.  (2) This section shall not apply if the person is less than 19 years old, the child is at least 15 years old, and the conduct is consensual.   (b) A person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be:  (1) For a first offense, imprisoned not less than two years and not more than 15 years, and, in addition, may be fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (2) For a second offense, imprisoned not less than five years and a maximum term of life, and, in addition, may be fined not more than $25,000.00, or both. (3) For a third or subsequent offense, imprisoned not less than 10 years and a maximum term of life, and, in addition, may be fined not more than $25,000.00, or both.   (c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, a sentence ordered pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) of this section shall include at least a five-year term of imprisonment and a sentence ordered pursuant to subdivision (b)(3) of this section shall include at least a 10-year term of imprisonment. The five-year and 10-year terms of imprisonment required by this subdivision shall be served and may not be suspended, deferred, or served as a supervised sentence. The defendant shall not be eligible for probation, parole, furlough, or any other type of early release until the expiration of the five-year or 10-year term of imprisonment.  (2) The court may depart downwardly from the five-year and 10-year terms of imprisonment required by subdivisions (b)(2) and (3) of this section and impose a lesser term of incarceration if the court makes written findings on the record that the downward departure will serve the interests of justice and public safety.   (d) A person convicted of violating subdivision (b)(2) or (3) of this section shall be sentenced under section 3271 of this title.(e) Any prior conviction for sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault shall be considered a prior offense for purposes of sentencing enhancement. This section shall not apply to a person who was convicted of sexual assault committed when the person was younger than 19 years of age and which involved consensual sex with a child at least 15 years of age.(f) Conduct constituting the offense of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under this section shall be considered a violent act for the purpose of determining bail under chapter 229 of this title. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1995, No. 50, § 4; 2005, No. 79, § 9; 2005, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 26, 2006; 2007, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2015, No. 43, § 1.)
13 V.S.A. § 2631
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2631. Definitions

§ 2631. Definitions|As used in this section:  (1) The term "prostitution" shall be construed to include the offering or receiving of the body for sexual intercourse for hire and shall also be construed to include the offering or receiving of the body for indiscriminate sexual intercourse without hire. (2) The term "lewdness" shall be construed to mean open and gross lewdness. (3) The term "assignation" shall be construed to include the making of an appointment or engagement for prostitution or lewdness as defined in this section.
13 V.S.A. § 2632
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2632. Prostitution

§ 2632. Prostitution|(a) A person shall not:  (1) occupy a place, structure, building, or conveyance for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; (2) knowingly permit a place, structure, building, or conveyance owned by the person or under the person's control to be used for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; (3) receive or offer, or agree to receive, a person into a place, structure, building, or conveyance for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; (4) permit a person to remain in a place, structure, building, or conveyance for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; (5) direct, take or transport, or offer or agree to take or transport a person to a place, structure, building, or conveyance or to any other person knowingly, or with reasonable cause to know that the purpose of such directing, taking, or transporting is prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; (6) procure or solicit or offer to procure or solicit a person for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; (7) reside in, enter or remain in a place, structure, or building or enter or remain in a conveyance for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; (8) engage in prostitution, lewdness, or assignation; or (9) aid or abet prostitution, lewdness, or assignation, by any means whatsoever.   (b) A person who violates a provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $100.00 or may be imprisoned not more than one year. For a second offense such person shall be imprisoned for not more than three years. (Amended 2001, No. 49, § 14; 2017, No. 44, § 2.)
13 V.S.A. § 2634
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2634. Terms of probation

§ 2634. Terms of probation|Probation or parole shall be granted or ordered in the case of a person infected with a venereal disease only on such terms and conditions as shall ensure medical treatment therefor and prevent the spread of such disease.
13 V.S.A. § 2635
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2635. Slave traffic

§ 2635. Slave traffic|(a) A person shall not:  (1) induce, entice, or procure a person to come into the State or to go from the State for the purpose of prostitution or for any immoral purpose or to enter a house of prostitution in the State; (2) willfully or knowingly aid such person in obtaining transportation to or within the State for such purposes; (3) place a person in the charge or custody of another person for immoral purposes or in a house of prostitution; (4) induce, entice, procure, or compel such person to reside in a house of prostitution; or (5) induce, entice, procure, or compel such person to live a life of prostitution.   (b) A person violating a provision hereof shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years nor less than one year or fined not more than $2,000.00 nor less than $200.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2001, No. 49, § 15; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 48.)
13 V.S.A. § 2636
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2636. Unlawful procurement

§ 2636. Unlawful procurement|(a) A person shall not:  (1) induce, entice, procure, or compel a person, for the purpose of prostitution or for any other immoral purposes, to enter a house of prostitution; (2) receive money or other valuable consideration for or on account of placing a person in a house of prostitution; (3) pay money or other valuable consideration to procure a person for the purpose of placing such person for immoral purposes in a house of prostitution, with or without the person's consent; or (4) knowingly receive money or other valuable thing for or on account of procuring or placing a person in a house of prostitution for immoral purposes, with or without the person's consent.   (b) A person violating a provision hereof shall be punished as provided in section 2635 of this title. (Amended 2001, No. 49, § 16, eff. June 12, 2001.)
13 V.S.A. § 2637
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure|Chapter 59 - Lewdness and Prostitution|§ 2637. Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute

§ 2637. Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute|(a) A person shall not:  (1) hold, detain, or restrain a person in a house of prostitution for the purpose of compelling such person, directly or indirectly, by the person's voluntary or involuntary service or labor, to pay, liquidate, or cancel a debt, dues, or obligations incurred or claimed to have been incurred in such house of prostitution; or (2) accept, receive, levy, or appropriate money or other valuable thing from the proceeds or earnings of a person engaged in prostitution.   (b) An acceptance, receipt, levy, or appropriation of such money or valuable thing shall be presumptive evidence of lack of consideration.(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 2635 of this title. (Amended 2001, No. 49, § 17.)