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2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Municipal and County Government
Chapter 5 COUNTY OFFICERS; POWERS AND DUTIES
§ 296a Civil liability resulting from escaped prisoner


24 V.S.A. § 296a. What's This?

§ 296a. Civil liability resulting from escaped prisoner

A jailer or other officer who, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in his custody, convicted of or charged with a crime, to escape, shall be civilly liable to any person proximately damaged as a result thereof to the maximum amount of $500.00. A person so damaged may maintain a civil action therefor. (Added 1977, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 17, 1978.)

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