Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 1694 (2026)
Municipal ordinances; references in prosecutions
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(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 1694)
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§ 1694. Municipal ordinances; references in prosecutions
In a prosecution for violation of an ordinance or bylaw of a municipal corporation, a copy thereof certified by its clerk to be a lawfully enacted and existing ordinance or bylaw of such municipal corporation shall be prima facie evidence thereof. The allegation that the acts constituting the offense charged are contrary to the form of such ordinance or bylaw, in such case made and provided, shall be a sufficient reference thereto. (Amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. July 1, 1972.)
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case, 1962–1962 · leading case: State v. Pelletier, 185 A.2d 456 (Vt. 1962).
State v. Pelletier, 185 A.2d 456 (Vt. 1962). “When the court below ruled against the respondent on his motion to dismiss, the respondent went to trial, and in the course of it the ordinance was duly proved in con formity with 12 V.S.A. §1694. By so doing, had this been a civil action, a defendant would have waived the…”
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