2011 Vermont Code
Title 13 Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 35 ESCAPE
§ 1501 Escapes and attempts to escape

§ 1501. Escapes and attempts to escape

(a) A person who, while in lawful custody:

(1) escapes or attempts to escape from any correctional facility or a local lockup shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both; or

(2) escapes or attempts to escape from an officer, if the person was in custody as a result of a felony, shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both; or if the person was in custody as a result of a misdemeanor, shall be imprisoned for not more than two years, or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(b) A person who, while in lawful custody:

(1) fails to return from work release to the correctional facility at the specified time, or visits other than the specified place, as required by the order issued in accordance with section 753 of Title 28;

(2) fails to return from furlough to the correctional facility at the specified time, or visits other than the specified place, as required by the order issued in accordance with section 808 of Title 28;

(3) escapes or attempts to escape while on release from a correctional facility to do work in the service of such facility or of the department of corrections in accordance with section 758 of Title 28; or

(4) escapes or attempts to escape from the Vermont state hospital when confined by court order pursuant to chapter 157 of Title 13 or chapter 199 of Title 18, or when transferred there pursuant to section 703 of Title 28 and while still serving a sentence, shall be imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(c) All sentences imposed under subsection (a) of this section shall be consecutive to any term or sentence being served at the time of the offense. (Amended 1967, No. 317 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 22, 1968; 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), { 15; 1973, No. 109, { 5; 1973, No. 206 (Adj. Sess.), { 1, eff. 30 days from April 3, 1974.)