Vermont § 1203 - Fines

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1203 — Fines, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 1203. Fines

  • (a) For the breach of any bylaw, rule, regulation, or ordinance, the Village may impose
    a fine as specified therein. The court or Judicial Bureau shall impose the costs of
    prosecution in addition to the fine, in case of a conviction, and when it is necessary
    to abate a nuisance, the expense of abatement may be imposed upon the delinquent in
    addition to such fine and costs. (b) If any person while residing without this State and while owning real or personal
    property within the Village shall with and by means of the real or personal estate
    or by his or her agents and servants violate any of the ordinances which the Village
    is authorized to make, the Village may sue for and recover the penalty for violation
    of such ordinance in an action founded on this statute and shall proceed in the same
    manner as by law is now provided in civil actions against persons residing without
    the State. (Amended 2015, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2016.)

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Section 1203 ("Fines") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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