Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 28, § 255 (2026)

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Subchapter 002 : CONDITIONS OF PROBATION; MODIFICATIONS; DISCHARGE

(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 255)

§ 255. Discharge

(a) Upon the termination of the period of probation or the earlier discharge of the probationer in accordance with section 251 of this title, the probationer shall, unless the court has ordered otherwise or under 13 V.S.A. § 7043(l), be relieved of any obligations imposed by the order of the court and shall have satisfied the sentence for the crime.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) A court hearing shall be held prior to discharging an offender from probation for a sex offense that requires registration pursuant to 13 V.S.A. chapter 167, subchapter 3. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 2001, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2003, No. 57, § 9, eff. July 1, 2004; 2009, No. 1, § 41.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1988–2002 · leading case: State v. Papazoni, 622 A.2d 501 (Vt. 1993).

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State v. Papazoni, 622 A.2d 501 (Vt. 1993). · cites it 4× “Defendant's argument is based on 28 V.S.A. § 255, which provides: Upon the termination of the period of probation or the earlier discharge of the probationer in accordance with section 251 of this title, the probationer shall be relieved of any obligations imposed by the order…”

State v. Murray, 617 A.2d 135 (Vt. 1992). · cites it 3× “§ 255 provides that when probation terminates or a probationer is discharged early pursuant to § 251, the-“probationer shall be relieved of any obligations imposed by the order of the court and shall have satisfied his sentence for the crime.”

United States v. Jon Tomasi, AKA John Tomasi, Jimmy Tomasi, AKA James Tomasi, & Frank Barrett, AKA Skip Barrett, 313 F.3d 653 (2d Cir. 2002). “3 See Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 28, § 255 (“Upon the termination of the period of probation or the earlier discharge of the probationer in accordance with section 251 of this title, the probationer .”

State v. White, 549 A.2d 1069 (Vt. 1988). “§ 255, entitled “Discharge,” which provides: “Upon the termination of the period of probation or the earlier discharge of the probationer in accordance with section 251 of this title, the probationer shall be relieved of any obligations imposed by the order of the court and…”

State v. Pratt, 795 A.2d 1148 (Vt. 2002). “I ascribe to the Legislature an understanding that the public interest is best served by as reasoned and honest a sentencing judgment as is within the capacity of the trial judge to make, responsive to the surrounding circumstances and the person standing before the bench.”

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