{"data":{"id":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-8007","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"13 V.S.A. § 8007","heading":"Authorization required for mandatory sanction; ambiguity","body":"(a) A mandatory sanction may be imposed only by statute or ordinance or by a rule adopted in the manner provided in 3 V.S.A. §§ 836-844. A law or rule shall impose unambiguously a collateral consequence in order for a court to impose a collateral consequence.\n(b) A law creating a collateral consequence that is ambiguous as to whether it imposes an automatic mandatory sanction or whether it authorizes a decision-maker to disqualify a person based upon his or her conviction shall be construed as authorizing a discretionary disqualification.","path":["Title 13: Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Chapter 231: Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/13/231/08007","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:16:59Z","sha256":"bb8051de0be5377955b0df5167dba6d08197a4cb7586ea095fc56348029aef7c","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-8006","next":"us-vt/13-v.s.a.-8008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}