2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 12 Court Procedure
Chapter 5 CONTEMPT
§ 123 Imprisonment for contempt
§ 123. Imprisonment for contempt
(a) Imprisonment as punishment for contempt, or to enforce orders, sentences or decrees in contempt proceedings, or upon execution issued in civil process, shall be in a correctional facility maintained by or for the state.
(b) Any person imprisoned for contempt, in addition to any other legal rights and remedies available to him, shall be entitled to a review of the contempt proceedings annually. The commissioner of corrections shall provide timely notice for the review of the proceedings of any person so imprisoned to the sentencing court. The sentencing court shall conduct a hearing and issue its order within 60 days of receipt of notice from the commissioner of corrections. (Amended 1969, No. 141, § 3; 1969, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1973, No. 66.)
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