Vermont § 2901a Perjury by inconsistent statements

Vermont Statutes

§ 2901a — Perjury by inconsistent statements

Vermont § 2901a

Title 13Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Ch. 65Chapter 065: Perjury

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 2901a (2026).

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A person is also guilty of perjury and may be sentenced under section 2901 of this title if in one or more proceedings before or ancillary to a court or grand jury or in a contested case before a State agency pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25;

(1)he or she knowingly makes two or more statements under oath or affirmation which are material in the proceedings;

(2)the statements are inconsistent to the degree that the person necessarily believed one of them to be false; and

(3)both statements were made within the period of the statute of limitations. (Added 1983, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4b.)

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A person is also guilty of perjury and may be sentenced under section 2901 of this title if in one or more proceedings before or ancillary to a court or grand jury or in a contested case before a State agency pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25;
(1) he or she knowingly makes two or more statements under oath or affirmation which are material in the proceedings;
(2) the statements are inconsistent to the degree that the person necessarily believed one of them to be false; and
(3) both statements were made within the period of the statute of limitations. (Added 1983, No. 244 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2005, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4b.)