§ 302. Power to search; return
In the daytime, a sheriff may enter and search houses, buildings, or other places for a person for whose apprehension he or she has a warrant, issued in a criminal prosecution, a prosecution for bastardy, or on a bailpiece. He or she may so enter with a warrant or extent for the collection of taxes, or the collection of a fine, or with a warrant to search for goods or chattels stolen or purloined, when such property is supposed to be secreted therein. He or she shall not make return in any case that he or she cannot execute any such precept.
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 - Municipal and County Government
Chapter 5 - County Officers; Powers and Duties
§ 132. United States and State flags; display
§ 133. County tax; amount; assessment
§ 134. County tax; county treasurer; warrant
§ 135. County tax; payment by town
§ 136. Actions by and against county; process; attorney
§ 139. Assistant judge judicial education
§ 172. Certificate of appointment
§ 173. Certificate of Secretary of State
§ 177. Certification of election and qualification of officers
§ 178. Record of sheriff’s commission; copies; evidence
§ 180. Claim; clerk to draw orders
§ 181. Settlements; record; filing
§ 184. Processing of passport applications
§ 213. Accounts; disbursements
§ 214. Care of lands in unorganized towns and gores; lease lands
§ 215. Lands in unorganized towns and gores; power to sue and defend actions
§ 216. Lands in unorganized towns and gores; rents
§ 217. Disposal of rents of lands in unorganized towns and gores
§ 218. Rents for county property
§ 219. Treasurer to levy tax to meet execution
§ 220. Tax warrant; payment by town
§ 221. Annual statement; penalty
§ 222. Neglect to settle; penalty
§ 223. Statement compared, corrected, and filed
§ 224. Annual reports; publication; penalty
§ 290. County sheriff’s department
§ 296. Transportation of prisoners
§ 296a. Civil liability resulting from escaped prisoner
§ 299. Duties as peace officer
§ 301. Penalty for refusal to assist
§ 302. Power to search; return
§ 303. Obstructing sheriff; penalty
§ 304. Liability for misfeasance of deputy
§ 305. Not to appear as counsel, or make writ
§ 307. Deputy sheriffs; appointments and revocation
§ 308. Deputy sheriffs; no compensation for appointment; penalty
§ 309. Bonds of deputies; liability of sheriff; deputy’s powers and duties
§ 312. Jurisdiction of sheriffs
§ 333. Confinement of sheriff; vacancy
§ 362. Full-time State’s Attorneys; private law practice
§ 363. Deputy State’s Attorneys
§ 365. Penalty for taking bribe