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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1603. Definitions

§ 1603. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Destructive device” means any:
(A) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb; or
(B) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas grenade; or
(C) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces; or
(D) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce; or
(E) explosive, incendiary, or poison gas mine; or
(F) device that consists of or includes a breakable container including a flammable liquid or compound, and a wick composed of any material that, when ignited, is capable of igniting the flammable liquid or compound, and can be carried or thrown by one individual acting alone; or
(G) device similar to those devices enumerated in subdivisions (1) and (1)(A)-(E) of this section.
A destructive device does not include a firearm or ammunition therefor.
(2) “Explosive” means dynamite, or any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, or fulminate in bulk or dry condition, or blasting caps, or detonating fuses, or blasting powder, or any other similar explosive. The term does not include a firearm or ammunition therefor or any components of ammunition for a firearm including primers, smokeless powder, or black gunpowder.
(3) “Hoax device” means any device so designed, assembled, fabricated, or manufactured as to convey the physical appearance of an explosive or incendiary bomb or the physical appearance of any of the devices enumerated in subdivisions (1)(A)-(F) of this section that is lacking an explosive or incendiary charge. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 1, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971; amended 1975, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. 30 days from April 7, 1976.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1604. Possession of destructive devices

§ 1604. Possession of destructive devices
A person who manufactures, possesses, stores, or transports a destructive device or a hoax device shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 2, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971; amended 1975, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. 30 days from April 7, 1976.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1605. Injuries caused by destructive devices

§ 1605. Injuries caused by destructive devices
A person who purposely and maliciously uses a destructive device to injure a person or to damage or destroy the property of another shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 3, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1606. Possession and use of explosives

§ 1606. Possession and use of explosives
A person who possesses, purchases, stores, uses, or transports an explosive without a license as provided in 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2 shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 4, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1607. Sale of explosives

§ 1607. Sale of explosives
A person who gives, transfers, or sells an explosive to another who does not hold a license issued under 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2 shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 5, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1608. Injuries caused by explosives

§ 1608. Injuries caused by explosives
A person who purposely and maliciously uses an explosive to injure a person or to damage or destroy the property of another shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 6, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1609. Record of sale

§ 1609. Record of sale
(a) A person may not give, transfer, or sell an explosive to another unless the purchaser exhibits a valid license issued under 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2.
(b) A person who gives, transfers, or sells an explosive to another shall record the name and address of the purchaser, the license number of the purchaser, the date of sale, the type and quantity of explosives sold, the serial or lot number of the explosives, if any, and the purpose for which the explosive is to be used on forms provided by the Commissioner of Public Safety. The purchaser holding a license shall keep a record of each purchase made and the disposition of the explosives, giving a full report without delay but in no event later than 24 hours after discovery of the loss or theft of any of such explosives to the Commissioner of Public Safety. The records shall be kept by the seller and the purchaser for a period of two years and shall be open to inspection by any law enforcement officer.
(c) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 7, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1610. Purchase in contiguous states

§ 1610. Purchase in contiguous states
Any person holding a valid license under 20 V.S.A. chapter 177, subchapter 2, division 2 may purchase explosives in any state contiguous to this State and transport them into this State, provided that he or she furnishes a record of each purchase to the Commissioner of Public Safety within 15 days of the transportation of the explosives into this State, and that he or she comply with both the laws applicable to the purchases in the contiguous state, and the pertinent statutes of the U.S. government. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 8, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1611. Exemptions

§ 1611. Exemptions
(a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to the U.S. Armed Forces, the duly authorized militia of the State, the fire or police departments of this State, or to the State or any subdivision thereof.
(b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to destructive devices or explosives while being transported upon vessels, motor vehicles, or railroad cars in conformity with the regulations adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
(c) The provisions of section 1604 of this title do not apply to a person who holds a valid license issued under Title 18 of the United States Code, chapter 44, to manufacture, possess, use, store, or transport a destructive device provided he or she is complying with the terms of the license. (Added 1971, No. 107, § 9, eff. 30 days from April 22, 1971.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 37 - Explosives › § 1612. Placing a hoax device

§ 1612. Placing a hoax device
A person who willfully and maliciously puts, places, or installs a hoax device in any building, house, facility of public transport, vehicular conveyance, ship, boat, aircraft, dam or reservoir for storing water shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1975, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. 30 days from April 7, 1976.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 39 - Extortion and Threats › § 1701. Definition and penalty

§ 1701. Definition and penalty
A person who maliciously threatens to accuse another of a crime or offense, or with an injury to his or her person or property, with intent to extort money or other pecuniary advantage, or with intent to compel the person so threatened to do an act against his or her will, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1973, No. 109, § 6; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 41 - False Alarms and Reports › § 1751. False alarms to agencies of public safety

§ 1751. False alarms to agencies of public safety
(a) A person who willfully or knowingly gives, or aids or abets in giving, by any means any false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, official or volunteer, for dealing with emergencies involving danger to life or property shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(b) If bodily injury or death is sustained by any person as a result of a violation of this section, the person convicted of the violation in lieu of any penalty imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both; however, this subsection shall not prevent the imposition of a greater fine or sentence against any person who is convicted of any degree of homicide, including manslaughter. (Added 1971, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 41 - False Alarms and Reports › § 1752. Tampering with facilities

§ 1752. Tampering with facilities
A person who willfully or knowingly tampers with, interferes with, or impairs any public fire alarm apparatus, wire, or associated equipment shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Added 1971, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 41 - False Alarms and Reports › § 1753. False public alarms

§ 1753. False public alarms
(a) A person who initiates or willfully circulates or transmits a report or warning of an impending bombing or other offense or catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false or baseless and that it is likely to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transport, or to cause public inconvenience or alarm, shall, for the first offense, be imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. For the second or subsequent offense, the person shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. In addition, the court may order the person to perform community service. Any community service ordered under this section shall be supervised by the Department of Corrections.
(b) [Repealed.] (Added 1971, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1997, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1999, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1999, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2015, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 31, 2016.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 41 - False Alarms and Reports › § 1754. False reports to law enforcement authorities

§ 1754. False reports to law enforcement authorities
(a) A person who knowingly gives false information to any law enforcement officer with purpose to implicate another or to deflect an investigation from the person or another person shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.
(b) A person shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both, if the person:
(1) reports to law enforcement authorities an offense or other incident within their concern knowing that it did not occur; or
(2) pretends to furnish such authorities with information relating to an offense or incident when the person knows the person has no information relating to such offense or incident. (Added 1971, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2005, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1801. Forgery and counterfeiting of papers, documents, etc

§ 1801. Forgery and counterfeiting of papers, documents, etc
A person who wittingly, falsely, and deceitfully makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits, or wittingly, falsely, or deceitfully causes to be made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or procures, aids, or counsels the making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, of a writ, process, public record, or any certificate, return, or attestation of a clerk of a court, public register, notary public, justice, or other public officer, in relation to a matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or a charter, deed, or any evidence or muniment of title to property, will, terminal care document, testament, bond, or writing obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange, promissory note, or an order drawn on a person or corporation, or on a State, county, or town or school district treasurer, for money or other property, or an acquittance or discharge for money or other property, or an acceptance of a bill of exchange, or indorsement or assignment of a bill of exchange or promissory note, for the payment of money, or any accountable receipt for money, goods, or other property, or certificate of stock, with intent to injure, or defraud a person, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 8, 1982; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1802. Uttering forged or counterfeited instrument

§ 1802. Uttering forged or counterfeited instrument
A person who utters and publishes as true a forged, altered, or counterfeited record, deed, instrument, or other writing mentioned in section 1801 of this title, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited, with intent to injure or defraud a person, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1803. Counterfeiting or altering peddler’s license

§ 1803. Counterfeiting or altering peddler’s license
A person who counterfeits a license to a peddler, or alters such license granted agreeably to the provisions of law, or utters and publishes as true a counterfeit or altered license, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1804. Counterfeiting paper money

§ 1804. Counterfeiting paper money
A person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits, or procures to be made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or aids or assists in making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, a note, or imitation of, or purporting to be a note issued by the United States, used as currency, or a bank bill or promissory note, or imitation of, or purporting to be a bank bill or promissory note, issued by a banking company incorporated by the Congress of the United States or by the legislature of a state of the United States or of another country, with intent to injure or defraud a person; and a person who utters, passes, or gives in payment, or offers to pass or give in payment, or procures to be offered, passed, or given in payment, or has in his or her possession with intent to offer, pass, or give in payment, such altered, forged, counterfeited, or imitated note, bank bill, or promissory note, knowing the same to be altered, forged, counterfeited, or imitated, shall be imprisoned not more than 14 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1805. Counterfeiting scrip

§ 1805. Counterfeiting scrip
A person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits or procures to be made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or aids or assists in making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, any scrip or imitation purporting to be scrip issued, under the authorization of 11 V.S.A. chapter 5, with intent to injure or defraud, and a person who utters, passes, or gives in payment or offers to pass or give in payment or has in his or her possession with intent to offer, pass or give in payment, such altered, forged, counterfeited, or imitated scrip, knowing the same to be altered, forged, counterfeited, or imitated shall be punishable for forgery, notwithstanding any other penalty provided in 11 V.S.A. chapter 5.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1806. Affixing false signature to obligation of corporation

§ 1806. Affixing false signature to obligation of corporation
A person who, with intent to pass the same as true, fraudulently affixes to an instrument or writing purporting to be a note, draft, or other evidence of debt issued by a corporation, a fictitious or pretended signature purporting to be the signature of an officer or agent of such corporation, though no such person may ever have been an officer or agent of such corporation nor such corporation ever have existed, shall be imprisoned not more than 14 years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1807. Making or repairing tools for counterfeit money

§ 1807. Making or repairing tools for counterfeit money
A person who engraves, makes, or mends, or begins to engrave, make, or mend, a plate, block, or press, or other tool, instrument, or implement, or makes or provides paper or other material adapted and designed for forging or making a false or counterfeit bank bill or promissory note, in the similitude of the bills or notes issued by the United States, or by a bank or banking company established and incorporated by the Congress of the United States, or by the legislature of this State or any of the United States or of any other country; and a person who has in his or her possession such plate or block engraved in any part, or a press or other tool, instrument, or implement, or paper or other material adapted and designed as aforesaid, with intent to use the same, or cause or permit the same to be used, in forging or making such false and counterfeit bank bills or notes, shall be imprisoned not more than 14 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1808. Joining parts of several bills or instruments

§ 1808. Joining parts of several bills or instruments
A person who fraudulently unites different parts of several bank bills or other genuine instruments, so as to produce an additional bank bill or instrument, with intent to pass all of them as genuine, shall be imprisoned not more than 14 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1809. Counterfeiting coin

§ 1809. Counterfeiting coin
A person who counterfeits gold or silver coin, current by law or usage in this State, or utters, passes, or gives in payment such counterfeit gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud a person, and a person who has in his possession false money or coin, counterfeited in the similitude of gold or silver coin, current as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, with intent to utter or pass the same as true, or counsels, advises, or assists in counterfeiting, uttering, or passing such gold or silver coin, shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1810. Making or repairing tools for counterfeiting coin

§ 1810. Making or repairing tools for counterfeiting coin
A person who casts, stamps, engraves, makes, or mends, or knowingly has in his or her possession, a mould, pattern, die, puncheon, engine, press, or other tool or instrument adapted and designed for coining or making counterfeit coin in the similitude of gold or silver coin, current by law or usage in this State, with intent to use or employ the same or to cause or permit the same to be used or employed in coining or making such false or counterfeit coin, shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1811. Making imitation of gold or silver

§ 1811. Making imitation of gold or silver
A person who makes, mixes, or changes a metal in imitation of gold or silver, or teaches a person the art of making, mixing, or changing a metal in imitation of gold or silver, with intent that the same shall be used for coining, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years and fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1812. Officers to make seizures

§ 1812. Officers to make seizures
A district judge, sheriff, deputy sheriff, high bailiff, or constable within his or her jurisdiction shall seize forged, false, or counterfeited bank bills or notes or coin and the instruments or implements made or kept for the purpose of making, forging, changing, or counterfeiting gold or silver coin, bank bills, or notes, and deliver the same as soon as may be to the State’s Attorney of such county, with the names of the persons from whom the same are taken. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 44, eff. April 9, 1974; 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1813. Making or uttering illicit money

§ 1813. Making or uttering illicit money
If a person or corporation within the State, without authority of law, emits and utters a bill of credit, or makes, signs, draws, or indorses a bond, promissory writing or note, bill of exchange, order, or other paper to be used as and in lieu of money, such person or each member of such corporation assenting thereto shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $600.00, or both. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1814. Selling or passing illicit money

§ 1814. Selling or passing illicit money
A person who sells, utters, or passes a bill of credit, bond, promissory writing or note, bill of exchange, order, or other paper, made, signed, drawn, or indorsed to be used as and in lieu of money, without authority from this State or some other state or country, knowing the same to have been made, signed, drawn, or indorsed for the purposes aforesaid, without such lawful authority, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1815. Description of paper forged or counterfeited

§ 1815. Description of paper forged or counterfeited
In a complaint, information, or indictment for forgery or counterfeiting, or for uttering and publishing as true an instrument, document, or paper which may be the subject of the offense of forgery or counterfeiting, it shall be sufficient to describe such instrument, document, or paper by the name or designation by which it is usually known or by the purport thereof, without setting forth a copy or facsimile or otherwise describing the same or its value. A misnaming of such instrument, document, or paper shall not affect the cause, provided, that as set forth, the same appears to be any one of the instruments, documents, or papers that is made a subject of the offense of forgery or counterfeiting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 43 - Forgery and Counterfeiting › § 1816. Possession or use of credit card skimming devices and re-encoders

§ 1816. Possession or use of credit card skimming devices and re-encoders
(a) A person who knowingly, wittingly, and with the intent to defraud possesses a scanning device, or who knowingly, wittingly, and with intent to defraud uses a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the computer chip or magnetic strip of a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.
(b) A person who knowingly, wittingly, and with the intent to defraud possesses a re-encoder, or who knowingly, wittingly, and with the intent to defraud uses a re-encoder to place encoded information on the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card or any electronic medium that allows an authorized transaction to occur without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card from which the information is being re-encoded shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both.
(c) Any scanning device or re-encoder described in subsection (e) of this section allegedly possessed or used in violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be seized and upon conviction shall be forfeited. Upon forfeiture, any information on the scanning device or re-encoder shall be removed permanently.
(d) Any computer, computer system, computer network, or any software or data owned by the defendant that are used during the commission of any public offense described in this section or any computer owned by the defendant that is used as a repository for the storage of software or data illegally obtained in violation of this section shall be subject to forfeiture.
(e) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Payment card” means a credit card, debit card, or any other card that is issued to an authorized user and that allows the user to obtain, purchase, or receive goods, services, money, or anything else of value.
(2) “Re-encoder” means an electronic device that places encoded information from the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment card or any electronic medium that allows an authorized transaction to occur.
(3) “Scanning device” means a scanner, reader, or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the computer chip or magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card.
(f) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution under any other provision of law. (Added 2009, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 21, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 45 - Flags and Ensigns › § 1901. Definition

§ 1901. Definition
The words flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield, as used in this subchapter, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield, or copy, picture, or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be such flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield of the United States or of this State, or a copy, picture, or representation thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 45 - Flags and Ensigns › § 1902. Display

§ 1902. Display
A person shall not, in any manner, for exhibition or display:
(1) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield of the United States or of this State, or authorized by any law of the United States or of this State;
(2) Expose to public view any such flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield upon which shall have been printed, painted, or otherwise produced, or to which shall have been attached, appended, affixed, or annexed any such word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing, or advertisement; or
(3) Expose to public view for sale, manufacture, or otherwise, or sell, give or have in possession for sale, for gift, or for use for any purpose any substance, being an article of merchandise, or receptacle, or thing for holding or carrying merchandise, upon or to which shall have been produced or attached any such flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield, in order to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark, or distinguish such article or substance.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 45 - Flags and Ensigns › § 1904. Construction

§ 1904. Construction
This subchapter shall not apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States, or of this State, or by the U.S. Army and Navy regulations, nor shall it apply to any printed or written document or production, stationery, ornament, picture, or jewelry whereon shall be depicted such flag, standard, color, ensign, or shield with no design or words thereon and disconnected with any advertisement. (Amended 1964, No. 23 (Sp. Sess.), eff. March 9, 1964; 1991, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 45 - Flags and Ensigns › § 1904a. Use of State Seal and Coat of Arms

§ 1904a. Use of State Seal and Coat of Arms
The State Seal and Coat of Arms may be used for commemorative medals or for public displays not connected with any advertising, provided that:
(1) the use does not imply State endorsement or approval when none has been given; and
(2) a sample of the medal or display is delivered to the Secretary of State prior to manufacture, distribution, or sale. (Added 1991, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2001. False personation

§ 2001. False personation
A person who falsely personates or represents another, and in such assumed character receives money or other property intended to be delivered to the party so personated, with intent to convert the same to the person’s own use, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2002. False pretenses or tokens

§ 2002. False pretenses or tokens
A person who designedly by false pretenses or by privy or false token and with intent to defraud, obtains from another person money or other property, or a release or discharge of a debt or obligation, or the signature of a person to a written instrument, the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both, if the money or property so obtained exceeds $900.00 in value. A person who violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both, if the money or property obtained in violation of this section is valued at $900.00 or less. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2003. False tokens described

§ 2003. False tokens described
The use of a matured check, or other order for the payment of money, as a means of obtaining from another person money or other property, or a release or discharge of a debt or obligation, or the signature of a person to a written instrument the false making whereof would be punishable as forgery, such as is specified in section 2002 of this title, by a person who knows that the drawer thereof is not entitled to draw for the sum specified therein upon the drawee, is the use of a false token within the meaning of section 2002 of this title, although representation is not made in respect thereto.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2005. False advertising

§ 2005. False advertising
A person, firm, corporation, or association, or an agent or employee thereof, who, with intent to sell courses of instruction or to dispose of merchandise, real estate, securities, or service or to induce the public to enter into any obligations relating thereto, shall knowingly make, publish, circulate, or place before the public on radio or television or in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication or in form of a book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, or tag, or through an electronic communication, an advertisement, or statement regarding educational advantages, merchandise, real estate, securities or service, which advertisement or statement shall contain anything untrue, deceptive, or misleading, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00. (Amended 1967, No. 20, eff. March 3, 1967; 1999, No. 124 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2006. False statement as to financial ability

§ 2006. False statement as to financial ability
A person shall not knowingly make to a person, company, or corporation, or to a commercial agency, a false statement in writing signed by himself, herself, or by his or her direction, with intent that it shall be relied upon, respecting his or her financial condition, or the financial ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person, company, or corporation in which he or she is financially interested or by which he or she is employed as manager, secretary, or superintendent, for the purpose of procuring in any form the delivery of personal property, the payment of cash, the making of a loan or credit, the extension of a credit, the discount of an account receivable, or the making, acceptance, discount, sale, or indorsement of a bill of exchange or promissory note, for the benefit of himself, herself, or such other person, company, or corporation.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2007. Receiving value upon false statement

§ 2007. Receiving value upon false statement
Knowing that a false statement in writing has been made respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person in whom he or she is financially interested or for whom he or she is acting, a person shall not procure, upon the faith thereof, for the benefit of himself, herself, or such other person, any of the things of benefit specified in section 2006 of this title.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2008. False statement as to present validity of prior statement

§ 2008. False statement as to present validity of prior statement
Knowing that a statement in writing has been made respecting the financial condition or means or ability to pay of himself, herself, or other person in whom he or she is financially interested or for whom he or she is acting, a person shall not falsely represent on a later day, in writing, that such statement would be true if made on such later day, and thereby procure for the benefit of himself, herself, or such other person any of the things of benefit specified in section 2006 of this title.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2011. Fraudulent use of badges

§ 2011. Fraudulent use of badges
A person not entitled by the rules and regulations of the departments of the Grand Army of the Republic, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Sons of Veterans, Woman’s Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Woman’s Auxiliary of the American Legion, or of any patriotic, secret, or charitable society, who willfully wears a badge, button, or insignia of any such society or uses the same for any fraudulent purpose within the State, shall be imprisoned not more than 30 days or fined not more than $50.00, or both.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2012. Misrepresenting livestock

§ 2012. Misrepresenting livestock
(a) A person shall not make false or fraudulent representations for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of registration of an animal in a herd register or other register of a club, association, society, company, or corporation.
(b) A person shall not make false or fraudulent representations for the purpose of transfer of such certificate of registration.
(c) A person shall not fraudulently represent that an animal is a registered animal, or has been registered, with the intent that such representation shall be relied upon by another.
(d)(1) A “person” under this section is a person as defined in 1 V.S.A. § 128.
(2) A “registered animal” is an animal duly registered as a purebred in the official herd book or similar register of any recognized purebred registry association organized for the purpose of registering a particular breed of animals whose lineage has been established by registry records.
(3) An animal has been “registered” when it qualifies as a registered animal as defined in subdivision (2) of this subsection.
(e) A person who violates a provision of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section shall be fined not more than $300.00 and shall be liable civilly for damages. (Amended 1963, No. 81.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2013. Painting or disguising horses

§ 2013. Painting or disguising horses
A person who knowingly and designedly for the purpose of competing for a purse or premium offered by an agricultural society, corporation, or association within the State, enters or drives a horse or horse kind painted or disguised, or who for such purpose falsely and fraudulently represents a horse to be another from what it really is, or who for such purpose knowingly or designedly enters or drives a horse or horse kind in a class in which it is not entitled to be entered under the rules of such society, corporation, or association, shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2014. Transferring chattel without notice of lien

§ 2014. Transferring chattel without notice of lien
A person who sells or disposes of personal property, or causes the same to be sold or disposed of by another, upon which there is a lien created by a previous attachment or conditional sale, or upon which he or she has previously given a bill of sale, without giving notice to the purchaser of such lien or bill of sale, with intent to defraud, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $200.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2015. Transferring realty without notice of encumbrance

§ 2015. Transferring realty without notice of encumbrance
A person who knowingly and with intent to defraud sells, mortgages, or bonds real estate upon which there is an existing encumbrance, and receives a portion of the consideration of such sale or conveyance, without notifying the person taking such title or lien of such prior encumbrance, and embodying a description thereof in such subsequent conveyance, shall be imprisoned not more than three years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2016. Signing or issuing false certificates of stock

§ 2016. Signing or issuing false certificates of stock
A president or other officer or agent of a bank, railroad, manufacturing, or other corporation who willfully and designedly signs, with intent that it shall be issued or used, or causes to be issued or used, a false certificate or evidence of the ownership or transfer of shares of stock in such corporation, or a certificate or evidence of such ownership or transfer, that such officer has no authority to make or issue, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years nor less than one year and fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2018. Fraudulent use of slugs and tokens

§ 2018. Fraudulent use of slugs and tokens
A person who operates or causes to be operated, or attempts to operate or to cause to be operated, any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property, transportation, or other service, by means of a slug or any false, counterfeited, mutilated, or sweated coin or by any means, method, trick, or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner, lessee, or licensee of such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or receptacle; or one who takes, obtains, or receives from or in connection with any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, any goods, wares, merchandise, transportation, gas, electric current, article of value, or the use or enjoyment of any transportation or any telephone or telegraph facilities or service, or of any musical instrument, phonograph, or other property, without depositing in and surrendering to such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other receptacle lawful coin to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee, or licensee of such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or receptacle, shall be fined not more than $100.00 or be imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2019. Manufacture and sale of devices for cheating

§ 2019. Manufacture and sale of devices for cheating
A person who manufactures for sale, advertises for sale, sells, offers for sale, or gives away any slug, device, or substance whatsoever, designed or calculated to be placed or deposited in any automatic vending machine, slot machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other such receptacle, depository or contrivance, designed to receive lawful coin of the United States in connection with the sale, use, or enjoyment of property or service, with the intent or having cause to believe that such slug, device, or substance shall or will be used to cheat or defraud the person entitled to the contents of any such machine, turnstile, coin-box telephone, or other such receptacle, depository, or contrivance, shall be fined not more than $500.00 or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2022. Bad checks

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

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

§ 2024. Workers’ compensation fraud; criminal penalties
Any person, including an employee, employer, medical case manager, health care provider, vocational rehabilitation provider, or workers’ compensation insurance carrier, who knowingly and with intent to defraud makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining, affecting, or denying any benefit or payment under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 or the provisions of 8 V.S.A. Part 3, relating to insurance, either for herself or himself or for any other person, shall forfeit all benefits or payments obtained as a result of the false statement or representation and all or a portion of any right to compensation under the provisions of 21 V.S.A. chapter 9 as determined by the Commissioner and:
(1) for fraud involving $10,000.00 or more, be fined not more than $100,000.00 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and
(2) for fraud involving less than $10,000.00, be fined not more than $10,000.00 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (Added 1993, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; amended 2003, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 26, 2004; 2009, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure › Chapter 47 - Frauds › § 2025. Employers without workers’ compensation insurance; criminal sanction

§ 2025. Employers without workers’ compensation insurance; criminal sanction
Any employer who fails to comply with the provisions of 21 V.S.A. § 687 shall be fined not more than $2,500.00 or imprisoned for up to one year, or both. For the purposes of this section, the term employer includes the owner or operator of a business, the officers of a corporation, and the partners in a partnership. (Added 1997, No. 19, § 10.)