§ 2573 - Mutilating receptacle or erasing name; penalty - Vermont Statutes

§ 2573. Mutilating receptacle or erasing name; penalty

A person who wilfully destroys, mutilates or defaces a receptacle bearing the name or other device of an owner who has complied with the provisions of section 2571 of this title, or wilfully erases, mars, covers or changes a name or other device produced in a permanent manner in or upon such receptacle, shall be imprisoned not more than 60 days or fined not more than $5.00, or both, for each receptacle so destroyed, mutilated or defaced, or upon which a name or other device has been erased, marred, covered or changed. For each subsequent offense, he shall be imprisoned not more than six months or fined not more than $10.00, or both, for each receptacle so destroyed, mutilated or defaced or upon which a name or other device has been erased, marred, covered or changed. (Amended 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)