2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 13 Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 77 TREES AND PLANTS
§ 3602 Unlawful cutting of trees

3602. Unlawful cutting of trees

(a) Any person who cuts, fells, destroys to the point of no value, or substantially damages the potential value of a tree without the consent of the owner of the property on which the tree stands shall be assessed a civil penalty in the following amounts for each tree over two inches in diameter that is cut, felled, or destroyed:

(1) if the tree is no more than six inches in stump diameter or DBH, not more than $25.00;

(2) if the tree is more than six inches and not more than ten inches in stump diameter or DBH, not more than $50.00;

(3) if the tree is more than 10 inches and not more than 14 inches in stump diameter or DBH, not more than $150.00;

(4) if the tree is more than 14 inches and not more than 18 inches in stump diameter or DBH, not more than $500.00;

(5) if the tree is more than 18 inches and not more than 22 inches in stump diameter or DBH, not more than $1,000.00;

(6) if the tree is greater than 22 inches in stump diameter or DBH, not more than $1,500.00.

(b) In calculating the diameter and number of trees cut, felled, or destroyed under this section, a law enforcement officer may rely on a written damage assessment completed by a professional arborist or forester. (Added 2009, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), 4.)