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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 7 Sec. 564

  • Alcohol: means the product of distillation, fermentation, or chemical synthesis, including alcoholic beverages, ethyl alcohol, and nonpotable alcohol. See
  • Alcoholic beverages: means malt beverages, vinous beverages, spirits, ready-to-drink spirits beverages, and fortified wines. See
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 564. Notice of seizure; hearing, fees

(a) An officer who pursuant to section 562 or 563 of this chapter seizes alcoholic beverages, alcohol, or a still or other apparatus for the manufacture of alcohol, with or without a warrant, shall promptly give notice of the seizure to the State‘s Attorney of the county.

(b) The State’s Attorney shall then attend and act in behalf of the State at the hearing against the seized alcoholic beverages, alcohol, still, or apparatus.

(c) An officer making a seizure without a warrant shall be allowed the same fees as if he or she had acted under a warrant. (Amended 2017, No. 83, § 82; 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)