2023 Vermont Statutes
Title 23 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 29 - Snowmobiles, Vessels, and Water Sports
§ 3207. Penalties and revocation or suspension of registration

Universal Citation: 23 V.S.A. § 3207

§ 3207. Penalties and revocation or suspension of registration

(a) A person who violates any of the following sections of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of $35.00 for each violation:

(b) A person who violates any of the following sections of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of $55.00 for each violation:

(c) A person who violates any of the following sections of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of $135.00 for each violation:

(d) A person who violates any of the following sections of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of $300.00 for each violation:

(e) A person who violates any of the following sections of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $500.00 for each violation:

(f) A person who violates any of the following provisions of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. If the person has been previously convicted of the same violation, the person shall be imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $3,000.00, or both:

(g) The Commissioner or his or her authorized agent may suspend or revoke the registration of any snowmobile registered in this State and repossess the number and certificate to it, when he or she is satisfied that:

(1) a snowmobile has been stolen;

(2) the registrant is not the legal owner;

(3) a snowmobile is operated without proper equipment after the owner has been notified by a law enforcement officer to procure and use such equipment as is required by law or Department rules; or

(4) the owner of a snowmobile has perpetrated some fraud upon the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(h) Civil penalties established under this section shall be mandatory and may not be reduced. (Added 1983, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1991, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1993, No. 234 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1994; 1999, No. 20, §§ 8, 11; 2001, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 5, 6, eff. June 12, 2002; 2003, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 233; 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. July 13, 2020; 2023, No. 6, § 256, eff. July 1, 2023.)

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