{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-299","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. § 299","heading":"Duties as peace officer","body":"A sheriff shall preserve the peace using force only as permitted pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 151. A sheriff may apprehend, without warrant, individuals assembled in disturbance of the peace and bring them before the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, which shall proceed with such individuals as with individuals brought before it by process issued by the court.","path":["Title 24: Municipal and County Government","Chapter 005: County Officers; Powers and Duties","Subchapter 005: SHERIFFS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24/005/00299","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:05Z","sha256":"7edbd169f36baf79aeef9691334c9c972349d69f92d9958f102aa11249fccb2a","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-297-298","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}