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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 13 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 229 - Bail and Recognizances
§ 7559a. Release; designation

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13 VT Stats § 7559a
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§ 7559a. Release; designation

(a) The officer in charge of a facility under the control of the department of corrections shall discharge any person held by the officer upon receipt of an order for release issued by a judicial officer pursuant to section 7554 of this title, accompanied by the full amount of any bond or cash bail fixed by the judicial officer. The officer in charge, or a person designated by the Court Administrator, shall issue a receipt for such bond or cash bail and shall account for and turn over such bond or cash bail to the court having jurisdiction.

(b) The Court Administrator shall designate persons to set bail for any person under arrest prior to arraignment when the offense charged provides for a penalty of less than two years imprisonment or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. Such persons designated by the Court Administrator shall be considered judicial officers for the purposes of sections 7554 and 7556 of this title.

(c) Any person who is designated by the Court Administrator under subsection (b) of this section may refuse the designation by so notifying the Court Administrator in writing within seven days of the designation. (Added 2023, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 30, 2024.)

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