Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 3 Sec. 160

  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 160. State claims

On receipt of notice thereof from the Commissioner of Finance and Management, the Attorney General shall forthwith notify State’s Attorneys of any claim of the State which should be prosecuted in their counties. Subject to the direction of the Attorney General, such State’s Attorneys shall prosecute the same and be liable on their official bonds for neglect in respect thereto. The State’s Attorneys shall report to the Attorney General, as often as may be required by him or her, such facts concerning such actions as will enable him or her to keep a record thereof and of the proceedings therein. (Amended 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 8(c); 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)