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24 V.S.A. § 219
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 219. Treasurer to levy tax to meet execution

§ 219. Treasurer to levy tax to meet execution|When demand is made of a county treasurer for the payment of an execution against the county and there are not funds in the treasury sufficient to satisfy such execution, such treasurer shall forthwith issue the certified statement required by 32 V.S.A. § 4965 and shall issue warrants to the several treasurers of the towns for the collection of a tax sufficient to pay such execution, the charges thereon, 12 percent interest, and other incidental expenses, returnable within 60 days from the date of such warrants.
24 V.S.A. § 220
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 220. Tax warrant; payment by town

§ 220. Tax warrant; payment by town|Each town treasurer shall present the warrant described in section 219 of this subchapter to the selectboard, which shall, within the time required by the warrant, draw an order on the town treasury for the amount of such warrant and that treasurer shall forthwith pay the county treasurer the amount of such order, which amount shall be assessed by the selectboard as a tax upon the grand list of the town unless otherwise provided for. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 68.)
24 V.S.A. § 221
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 221. Annual statement; penalty

§ 221. Annual statement; penalty|(a) Annually, on or before February 5, a county treasurer shall make settlement with the county auditor and deliver to the assistant judges of the county a statement of his or her accounts for the year ending on January 31 preceding, exhibiting the orders accepted by him or her, giving the number, date, amount, and payee of each, the amount and source of revenue of the county and each item thereof, the orders paid by him or her, giving the number, date, and amount of each, to whom made payable and for what purpose drawn, the amount of interest paid thereon, the amount of indebtedness of the county, with a copy of the abstract of orders outstanding and unpaid at the commencement of such year, and the orders accepted by him or her during such year.(b) A county treasurer who fails to comply with a provision of this section, or who knowingly makes a false return, shall be fined not more than $500.00.
24 V.S.A. § 222
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 222. Neglect to settle; penalty

§ 222. Neglect to settle; penalty|A treasurer who refuses or neglects to settle with the auditor, after being notified, shall be fined $20.00, and a like sum for each month's refusal or neglect thereafter.
24 V.S.A. § 223
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 223. Statement compared, corrected, and filed

§ 223. Statement compared, corrected, and filed|The assistant judges shall compare such statement with the record of the county clerk of orders drawn upon the treasurer for such year, and after correcting errors therein shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the county clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 224
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 224. Annual reports; publication; penalty

§ 224. Annual reports; publication; penalty|(a) Within 14 days after the receipt of such statement, the assistant judges shall publish annually such a summary as will show the source and amount of the income of the county, the items and amount of expenditures by the treasurer for the year, together with the indebtedness of the county, and such other facts as to the financial condition of the county as they deem important. Such publication shall be made in not more than three newspapers in the county, or if a newspaper is not published in the county, in some newspaper having general circulation therein.(b) An assistant judge who fails to comply with a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $500.00. (Amended 1991, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 35, eff. May 7, 1992.)
24 V.S.A. § 261
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 261. County financial audit

§ 261. County financial audit|(a) Biennially, all of the accounts of the county treasurer, including any reserve funds, shall be subject to a financial audit conducted according to the generally accepted government accounting standards as established by the federal government accounting office. The audit shall be performed by a public accountant regulated under Title 26 and shall be conducted within four months after the close of the fiscal year being audited. The accountant's report shall be accompanied by a management letter containing findings and recommendations.(b) The assistant judges shall enter into a contract with a public accountant to perform the audits required by this section. The assistant judges may enter into a multiple year contract under this section, provided that the person to whom a contract is awarded is selected by use of an open request for proposals process. (Added 1997, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
24 V.S.A. § 290
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 290. County sheriff's department

§ 290. County sheriff's department|(a) A sheriff's department is established in each county. It shall consist of the elected sheriff in each county, and such deputy sheriffs and supporting staff as may be appointed by the sheriff. Full-time employees of the sheriff's department, paid by the county, shall be county employees for all purposes but shall be eligible to join the State Employees Retirement System, provided the county shall pay the employer's share. The sheriff's department shall be entitled to utilize all State services available to a town within the county.(b) Full-time deputy sheriffs whose primary responsibility is transportation of prisoners and persons with a mental condition or psychiatric disability shall be paid by the State of Vermont. The appointment of such deputies and their salary shall be approved by the Governor or his or her designee. The Executive Committee of the Vermont Sheriffs Association and the Executive Director of the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs shall jointly have authority for the assignment of position locations in the counties of State-paid deputy sheriffs and shall review the county location assignments periodically for efficient use of resources.(c) Equity, indebtedness, ownership of equipment, and title to motor vehicles associated with the operation of each sheriff's department and purchased with department funds shall be held in the name of the department, not in the name of the sheriff. The department is constituted as a legal entity with the power to contract and incur liabilities.(d) Upon the election of a sheriff-elect who is not the incumbent sheriff, or upon notice of the resignation of the sheriff, all financial disbursements from the accounts of the department, including the transfer of real or personal property, or other assets, of the department shall be co-signed by the sheriff and the assistant judges. A report of all financial disbursements or transfers made pursuant to this subsection shall be forwarded by the assistant judges to the Auditor of Accounts within 15 days of completion of the out-going sheriff's duties. (Added 1977, No. 218 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 262 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1991, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 149.)
24 V.S.A. § 291
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 291. Bond; oath

§ 291. Bond; oath|Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a sheriff shall become bound to the treasurer of the county in the sum of $100,000.00, with two or more sufficient sureties by way of recognizance, before the two assistant judges in such county, or give a bond to the treasurer executed by such sheriff with sufficient sureties in like sum to be approved by the two assistant judges, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and shall take the oath of office before one of the judges, who shall certify the same on the sheriff's commission. Such recognizance or bond and the commission shall be forthwith recorded in the office of the county clerk. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974;  1991, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 176.)
24 V.S.A. § 292
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 292. Office vacant

§ 292. Office vacant|When such sheriff neglects to become so bound within 15 days from the beginning of his or her term of office, the office of sheriff shall be vacant.
24 V.S.A. § 293
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 293. Duties

§ 293. Duties|A sheriff so commissioned and sworn shall serve and execute lawful writs, warrants, and processes directed to him or her, according to the precept thereof, and do all other things pertaining to the office of sheriff.
24 V.S.A. § 294
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 294. Sheriff imprisoned

§ 294. Sheriff imprisoned|If a sheriff is confined in prison by legal process, his or her functions as sheriff shall be suspended. When the sheriff is released from imprisonment during his or her term of office, he or she shall file a certificate of his or her discharge signed by one of the judges of the Superior Court, in the office of the county clerk, and deliver a like certificate to the high bailiff. Thereupon he or she shall resume the powers and execute the duties of sheriff. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 177.)
24 V.S.A. § 296
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 296. Transportation of prisoners

§ 296. Transportation of prisoners|All commitments to a State correctional facility or to any other place named by the Commissioner of Corrections or committing court shall be made by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, State Police officer, police officer, or constable in the State, or the Commissioner of Corrections or his or her authorized agent. (Amended 1967, No. 345 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. April 1, 1969; 1969, No. 33, § 3, eff. April 1, 1969; 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 15, § 19; 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 29a, eff. April 4, 2012.)
24 V.S.A. § 296a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 296a. Civil liability resulting from escaped prisoner

§ 296a. Civil liability resulting from escaped prisoner|A jailer or other officer who, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in his or her custody, convicted of or charged with a crime, to escape, shall be civilly liable to any person proximately damaged as a result thereof to the maximum amount of $500.00. A person so damaged may maintain a civil action therefor. (Added 1977, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 17, 1978.)
24 V.S.A. § 299
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 299. Duties as peace officer

§ 299. Duties as peace officer|A sheriff shall preserve the peace, and suppress, with force and strong hand, if necessary, unlawful disorder. He or she may apprehend, without warrant, persons assembled in disturbance of the peace, and bring them before a Criminal Division of the Superior Court, which shall proceed with such person as with persons brought before it by process issued by such court. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 78, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238.)
24 V.S.A. § 300
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 300. May require assistance

§ 300. May require assistance|A sheriff or other officer in the discharge of the duties of his or her office, for the preservation of the peace, or the suppression or prevention of any criminal matter or cause, may require suitable assistance.
24 V.S.A. § 301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 301. Penalty for refusal to assist

§ 301. Penalty for refusal to assist|A person being required in the name of the State by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, high bailiff, deputy bailiff, or constable, who neglects or refuses to assist the officer in the execution of his or her office, in a criminal cause, in the preservation of the peace, in the apprehension and securing of a person for a breach of the peace, in a search and seizure of alcohol as defined in 7 V.S.A. § 2 or in transporting the alcohol when seized, or in a case of escape or rescue of persons arrested on civil process, shall be fined not more than $500.00, unless the circumstances under which his or her assistance is called for amount to a riot, in which case he or she shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $100.00, or both. (Amended 2017, No. 83, § 157.)
24 V.S.A. § 302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 302. Power to search; return

§ 302. Power to search; return|In the daytime, a sheriff may enter and search houses, buildings, or other places for a person for whose apprehension he or she has a warrant, issued in a criminal prosecution, a prosecution for bastardy, or on a bailpiece. He or she may so enter with a warrant or extent for the collection of taxes, or the collection of a fine, or with a warrant to search for goods or chattels stolen or purloined, when such property is supposed to be secreted therein. He or she shall not make return in any case that he or she cannot execute any such precept.
24 V.S.A. § 303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 303. Obstructing sheriff; penalty

§ 303. Obstructing sheriff; penalty|A person who refuses a sheriff entrance to his or her house or other buildings as provided in section 302 of this title, or threatens him or her or abuses him or her or his or her assistants before or after he or she has entered such buildings, or hinders him or her in any way in the execution of the warrants provided for in section 302, shall be fined not more than $200.00.
24 V.S.A. § 304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 304. Liability for misfeasance of deputy

§ 304. Liability for misfeasance of deputy|Actions for official misfeasance or neglect of a deputy sheriff, or for cause affecting his or her administration of the office, shall be sustained only against the sheriff; but the sheriff shall not be amenable criminally for the conduct of his or her deputy, other than for fines for neglect of duty.
24 V.S.A. § 305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 305. Not to appear as counsel, or make writ

§ 305. Not to appear as counsel, or make writ|A sheriff or deputy sheriff shall not appear in any court as counsel, nor make a writ, complaint, answer, or other precept or process, except in his or her own cause. A writ, complaint, or other process herein prohibited made by him or her shall be dismissed and the defendant recover his or her costs.
24 V.S.A. § 306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 306. Term of office

§ 306. Term of office|A sheriff shall execute his or her official duties until his or her successor is qualified to act.
24 V.S.A. § 307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 307. Deputy sheriffs; appointments and revocation

§ 307. Deputy sheriffs; appointments and revocation|(a) A sheriff may appoint deputies who need not be legal residents of the State, one or more of whom shall be a woman. The duties of deputy sheriffs shall be the same as those imposed by law on sheriffs and other peace officers in the enforcement of the criminal law. A deputy shall not perform an official act until his or her deputation and oath are filed for record in the office of the county clerk. A sheriff may dismiss a deputy and revoke his or her deputation. Such revocation shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and shall take effect from the day of such record.(b) A sheriff may appoint persons as deputy sheriffs to serve civil process, including child support enforcement as provided in 15 V.S.A. § 800, whom the sheriff shall train and supervise. Such deputies need not be qualified law enforcement officers, but if not so qualified shall not have arrest powers, and shall not carry firearms in performance of their duties in serving civil process.(c) The powers of deputy sheriffs with respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of the law may be exercised statewide. (Amended 1977, No. 218 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1987, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 26, 1988; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § C20; 2013, No. 49, § 4.)
24 V.S.A. § 308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 308. Deputy sheriffs; no compensation for appointment; penalty

§ 308. Deputy sheriffs; no compensation for appointment; penalty|(a) A sheriff shall not ask of or receive from his or her deputies any pay, compensation or reward by way of deputation fee, or otherwise, for such appointments.(b) A sheriff who violates a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $200.00 nor less than $50.00. (Amended 2017, No. 74, § 69.)
24 V.S.A. § 309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 309. Bonds of deputies; liability of sheriff; deputy's powers and duties

§ 309. Bonds of deputies; liability of sheriff; deputy's powers and duties|A sheriff shall be liable for the official acts and neglects of his or her deputies, and may take bonds of indemnity from them. Such deputies may, and when required, shall perform any official duty which may be required of the sheriff. Returns of their acts and doings shall be signed by them as deputy sheriffs, and their official acts shall be deemed to be the acts of the sheriff.
24 V.S.A. § 311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 311. Training requirements

§ 311. Training requirements|No person may receive an appointment as a deputy sheriff unless he or she has been awarded a certificate by the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Training Council attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of an approved basic training program, except as provided in section 307(b) of this title. (Added 1971, No. 7, § 2, eff. July 1, 1971; amended 1977, No. 218 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
24 V.S.A. § 312
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 312. Jurisdiction of sheriffs

§ 312. Jurisdiction of sheriffs|The powers of sheriffs with respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of the law may be exercised statewide. (Added 1987, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 26, 1988; amended 1991, No. 257 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2015, No. 2, § 3, eff. March 12, 2015.)
24 V.S.A. § 331
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 331. Oath; bond

§ 331. Oath; bond|Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a high bailiff shall be sworn and give a bond such as may be required by the assistant judges. The cost of such bond shall be paid by the county.
24 V.S.A. § 332
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 332. Powers and duties

§ 332. Powers and duties|A high bailiff may serve writs which the sheriff is incompetent to serve, and his or her fees shall be the same as those of the sheriff.
24 V.S.A. § 333
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 333. Confinement of sheriff; vacancy

§ 333. Confinement of sheriff; vacancy|A high bailiff by virtue of a writ or other process directed to him or her against the sheriff may commit the sheriff to the Commissioner of Corrections. While the sheriff remains in confinement, or in case of vacancy in the office, the functions of the sheriff shall be exercised by the high bailiff, who shall have the powers and be subject to the liabilities of a sheriff until the sheriff is released from confinement or one is appointed and sworn into office. (1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. July 1, 1972.)
24 V.S.A. § 361
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 361. General duties

§ 361. General duties|(a) A State's Attorney shall prosecute for offenses committed within his or her county, and all matters and causes cognizable by the Supreme and Superior Courts on behalf of the State, file informations and prepare bills of indictment, deliver executions in favor of the State to an officer for collection immediately after final judgment, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be sent to the Commissioner of Finance and Management, and take measures to collect fines and other demands or sums of money due to the State or county.(b) Part-time State's Attorneys may represent private clients in Superior Court or the Supreme Court on the question of compensation in highway condemnation cases under the provisions of 19 V.S.A. chapter 5, in those cases where the condemned land is located in any county other than that county in which the State's Attorney was elected. (Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(c); 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1969, No. 131, § 24, eff. April 23, 1969; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1975, No. 33, § 1, eff. April 11, 1975; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 178.)
24 V.S.A. § 362
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 - Municipal and County Government|Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties|§ 362. Full-time State's Attorneys; private law practice

§ 362. Full-time State's Attorneys; private law practice|Elected State's Attorneys shall devote full time to their duties and during their terms shall not engage in the private practice of law nor be a partner or associate of any person practicing law. The State's Attorneys of Essex and Grand Isle Counties shall not serve on a full-time basis and shall not be subject to this section. (Added 1967, No. 164, § 3, operative on Feb. 1, 1969; amended 1967, No. 363 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Feb. 1, 1969; 1969, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 8, 1970; 1971, No. 120, § 48, eff. July 1, 1971; 1971, No. 260 (Adj. Sess.), § 32; 1977, No. 63, § 1, eff. April 23, 1977; 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § E.205.)