Vermont § 123 - Imprisonment for contempt

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 123 — Imprisonment for contempt, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 123. Imprisonment for contempt

  • (a) Imprisonment as punishment for contempt, or to enforce orders, sentences, or decrees
    in contempt proceedings, or upon execution issued in civil process shall be in a correctional
    facility maintained by or for the State. (b) Any person imprisoned for contempt, in addition to any other legal rights and remedies
    available to him or her, shall be entitled to a review of the contempt proceedings
    annually. The Commissioner of Corrections shall provide timely notice for the review
    of the proceedings of any person so imprisoned to the sentencing court. The sentencing
    court shall conduct a hearing and issue its order within 60 days of receipt of notice
    from the Commissioner of Corrections. (Amended 1969, No. 141, § 3; 1969, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1973, No. 66.)

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