2005 Vermont Code - § 2537. — Person holding property in official capacity or belonging to state or municipality

§ 2537. Person holding property in official capacity or belonging to state or municipality

A state, county, town or municipal officer or other person who in his official capacity receives, collects or holds money, obligations, or securities belonging to a corporation, public or private, or to a private person, who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his own use any of such money, obligations or securities, or a person who embezzles or fraudulently converts to his own use, money or other property belonging to the state or a municipal corporation, shall be guilty of larceny and shall be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)