Vermont Statutes Title 4 Sec. 32
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 4 Sec. 32
- Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
- Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See
§ 32. Jurisdiction; Criminal Division
(a) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try, render judgment, and pass sentence in prosecutions for felonies and misdemeanors.
(b) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction to try and finally determine prosecutions for violations of bylaws or ordinances of a village, town, or city, except as otherwise provided.
(c) The Criminal Division shall have jurisdiction of the following civil actions:
(1) appeals of final decisions of the Judicial Bureau;
(2) DUI license suspension hearings filed pursuant to 23 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 24;
(3) extradition proceedings filed pursuant to 13 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 159;
(4) drug forfeiture proceedings under 18 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 84, subchapter 2;
(5) fish and wildlife forfeiture proceedings under 10 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 109;
(6) liquor forfeiture proceedings under 7 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 19;
(7) hearings relating to refusal to provide a DNA sample pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 1935;
(8) automobile forfeiture and immobilization proceedings under 23 V.S.A. § chapters 9 and 13;
(9) sex offender proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. §§ 5411e and 5411df;
(10) restitution modification proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 7043(k);
(11) municipal parking violation proceedings pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1974a(e) if the municipality has established an administrative procedure enabling a person to contest the violation and the person has exhausted the administrative procedure;
(12) proceedings to enforce 9 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 74, relating to energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment; and
(13) proceedings to enforce 30 V.S.A. § 53, relating to commercial building energy standards. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 7c; amended 2023, No. 46, § 5, eff. June 5, 2023.)