Vermont § 5166 - Certification by unauthorized person; penalty; validity of civil unions
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 5166 — Certification by unauthorized person; penalty; validity of civil unions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5166. Certification by unauthorized person; penalty; validity of civil unions
- (a) An unauthorized person who knowingly undertakes to join others in a civil union shall
be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $300.00 nor less than
$100.00, or both. (b) A civil union certified before a person falsely professing to be a justice or a member
of the clergy shall be valid, provided that the civil union is in other respects lawful,
and that either of the parties to a civil union believed that he or she was lawfully
joined in a civil union. (Added 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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