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2025 Vermont Statutes
Title 28 - Public Institutions and Corrections
Chapter 7 - Parole
§ 501. Eligibility for parole consideration

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28 VT Stats § 501
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§ 501. Eligibility for parole consideration

An inmate who is serving a sentence of imprisonment who is not eligible for presumptive parole pursuant to section 501a of this title shall be eligible for parole consideration as follows:

(1) If the inmate’s sentence has no minimum term or a zero minimum term, the inmate shall be eligible for parole consideration within 12 months after commitment to a correctional facility.

(2) If the inmate’s sentence has a minimum term, the inmate shall be eligible for parole consideration after the inmate has served the minimum term of the sentence. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1983, No. 89, § 2; 1993, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 80, eff. June 21, 1994; 1997, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 59, eff. April 29, 1998; 2001, No. 61, § 85, eff. June 16, 2001; 2019, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)

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