Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 24, § 2295 (2026)

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Subchapter 011 : MISCELLANEOUS REGULATORY POWERS

(Cite as: 24 V.S.A. § 2295)

§ 2295. Authority of municipal and county governments to regulate firearms, ammunition, hunting, fishing, and trapping

Except as otherwise provided by law, no town, city, or incorporated village, by ordinance, resolution, or other enactment, shall directly regulate hunting, fishing, and trapping or the possession, ownership, transportation, transfer, sale, purchase, carrying, licensing, or registration of traps, firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or ammunition. This section shall not limit the powers conferred upon a town, city, or incorporated village under subdivision 2291(8) of this title. The provisions of this section shall supersede any inconsistent provisions of a municipal charter. (Added 1987, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), eff. May 9, 1988.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2003–2012 · leading case: Hunters, Anglers & Trappers Ass'n of Vermont, Inc. v. Winooski Valley Park Dist., 913 A.2d 391 (Vt. 2006).

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Hunters, Anglers & Trappers Ass'n of Vermont, Inc. v. Winooski Valley Park Dist., 913 A.2d 391 (Vt. 2006). · cites it 10× “The complaint alleged that the District’s ban on hunting, trapping, and firearm possession violated both the Vermont Constitution’s protection of the right to hunt and 24 V.S.A. § 2295, which prohibits municipalities from directly regulating hunting or trapping.”

City of Montpelier v. Barnett, Sanborn & Nat. Resources Bd., 2012 VT 32 (Vt. 2012). · cites it 4× “In Hunters, Anglers & Trappers Ass’n of Vermont this Court held that a municipality that owned land could post it against hunting under § 5201(a) despite the prohibition of 24 V.S.A. § 2295. 2006 VT 82 , ¶¶ 9-13. That holding does not control here.”

Hunters, Anglers & Trappers Assoc. of VT v. Winooski Valley Park Dist., 181 Vt. 12 (Vt. 2006). · cites it 7× “The complaint alleged that the District's ban on hunting, trapping, and firearm possession violated both the Vermont Constitution's protection of the right to hunt and 24 V.S.A. § 2295, which prohibits municipalities from directly regulating hunting or trapping.”

Vt. Hunters, Anglers v. Winooski Valley Park Dist. (Vt. Super. Ct. 2003). “” 24 V.S.A. § 2295. The question here posed is whether that prohibition bars defendant Park District from prohibiting hunting on its lands.”

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