{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-5166","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 5166","heading":"Certification by unauthorized person; penalty; validity of civil unions","body":"(a) An unauthorized person who knowingly undertakes to join others in a civil union shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $300.00 nor less than $100.00, or both.\n(b) A civil union certified before a person falsely professing to be a justice or a member of the clergy shall be valid, provided that the civil union is in other respects lawful, and that either of the parties to a civil union believed that he or she was lawfully joined in a civil union.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 106: Civil Union; Records and Licenses"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/106/05166","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:02Z","sha256":"99230d3d499b7f7fb2802bd1e5aba167cac0c4434ec24b4075a989eb80bce623","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-5160-5165","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-5167"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}