Vermont § 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.)