Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 28, § 804 (2026)

Right of inmates to confer with counsel

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Subchapter 003 : CARE OF INMATES

(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 804)

§ 804. Right of inmates to confer with counsel

If an inmate in any facility expresses a desire to see and confer with a practicing attorney of the State, the supervising officer of the facility shall authorize, except in cases of imminent danger of injury to person or of escape, the admittance of the attorney to the facility. The inmate and his or her attorney shall have the right to confer alone and in private at the facility. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1975–1994 · leading case: Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania v. Nordic Leasing, Inc., 42 F.3d 725 (2d Cir. 1994).

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Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania v. Nordic Leasing, Inc., 42 F.3d 725 (2d Cir. 1994). “This is done by filing Form SR-22 (the “Financial Responsibility Insurance Certificate”) on which the insurer certifies that it has issued a motor vehicle liability policy as required by the financial responsibility laws and that the policy will continue “until cancelled or…”

Rebideau v. Stoneman, 398 F. Supp. 805 (D. Vt. 1975). “Again it appears that the lack of alternative legal resources has prompted Vermont by statute, 28 V.S.A. §§ 804, 805, and regulation to allow state prisoners generous access to counsel within the confining institution.”

— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 28, § 804(a) — 1 case

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