Vermont § 3976 Refusal to receive or obey and execute writ—Contempt proceedings

Vermont Statutes

§ 3976 — Refusal to receive or obey and execute writ—Contempt proceedings

Vermont § 3976

Title 12Title 12: Court Procedure

Ch. 143Chapter 143: Habeas Corpus

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Bluebook

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 3976 (2026).

Text

When a person to whom a writ of habeas corpus is directed refuses to receive the same, or does not obey and execute it, unless sufficient excuse therefor is shown, such court or magistrate shall compel obedience to the writ and punish the person guilty of the contempt forthwith, by process of attachment as for contempt.

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