Vermont § 3179 - Penalties

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 3179 — Penalties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 3179. Penalties

  • (a) A person who engages in the practice or business of a private investigator or security
    guard without being licensed under this chapter shall be subject to the penalties
    provided in 3 V.S.A § 127. (b) Any person who is or has been an employee of a licensee and any licensee who divulges
    to anyone other than to his or her employer or as his or her employer shall direct,
    except before an authorized tribunal, any information acquired by him or her during
    such employment in respect to any of the work to which he or she has been assigned
    by such employer, and any such employee who willfully makes a false report to his
    or her employer in respect to any such work, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
    subject to a fine of not more than $500.00. (Added 1981, No. 98, § 1; amended 1995, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2007, No. 29, § 40; 2009, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 2017, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)

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Section 3179 ("Penalties") 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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