Vermont Statutes Annotated
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 20, § 3346 (2026)
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Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 3346)-
§ 3346. Bulls
The owner or keeper of a bull may be fined by a law enforcement officer or by a municipal officer or employee not more than $100.00 nor less than $50.00 if such bull is more than nine months old and found unattended outside the premises owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of such bull and shall be liable to a party damaged by such bull while outside the premises of such owner or keeper. The damages may be recovered in a civil action. (Amended 2023, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. July 1, 2024.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1982–2016 · leading case: William Deveneau v. Susan Weilt, 2016 VT 21, 144 A.3d 324.
William Deveneau v. Susan Weilt, 2016 VT 21, 144 A.3d 324. “That provision, which the majority contends 9 See 20 V.S.A. § 3346 (“The owner or keeper of a bull more than nine months old may be fined .”
State v. Peters, 450 A.2d 332 (Vt. 1982). “On March 20, 1980, defendant, a farmer in Bennington County, was found to have permitted a bull more than nine months old to run at large in violation of 20 V.S.A. § 3346. The trial judge imposed the maximum fine of $100; $25 to be paid immediately, the remaining $75 to be paid…”
William Deveneau v. Susan Weilt, 2016 VT 21. “That provision, which the majority contends 9 See 20 V.S.A. § 3346 (“The owner or keeper of a bull more than nine months old may be fined .”
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