{"data":{"id":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-1105","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"19 V.S.A. § 1105","heading":"Obstructing travel","body":"A person, other than a municipality acting with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, who places or causes to be placed an obstruction or encroachment in a public highway or trail, so as to hinder or prevent public travel or to injure or impede a person traveling on the highway or trail, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 plus the actual costs of repairing the damage and a reasonable attorney’s fee, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the town or State. One or more items of logging or other equipment temporarily within the right-of-way of a trail shall not be actionable under this section if located in such a way as not to unreasonably impede passage. If the court finds that an action under this section was brought without substantial basis, the court may award a reasonable attorney’s fee against the person bringing the action. Nothing in this section shall preclude the selectboard from exercising regulatory authority granted under sections 304 and 1110 of this title.","path":["Title 19: Highways","Chapter 011: Protection of Highways"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/19/011/01105","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"c6f1b87da288a00711373f1da068f480794671e5a135b6af294826201e1ab5e8","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-1104","next":"us-vt/19-v.s.a.-1106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}