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Certification by unauthorized person; penalty; validity of civil unions

18 V.S.A. § 5166
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5166. Certification by unauthorized person; penalty; validity of civil unions (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. (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. Added 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.
Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/106/05166Fetched: 10/21/2026

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