High bailiff (Vermont)

A high bailiff in the United States state of Vermont is an elected public official whose office is unique to local government in Vermont. High bailiffs are elected in each of Vermont's fourteen counties.

The duties of high bailiff are extremely limited and, in practice, an officeholder "rarely, if ever, does anything".[1] In 2016, the high bailiff of Addison County noted that it was not unusual for a person to hold the office for more than two decades without having to perform any official function.[1]

The legal responsibilities of the high bailiff under the Vermont Statutes are to carry out the arrest of the sheriff of the county, if needed, and to succeed to the office of sheriff in the event of its vacancy.[1][2]

References
  1. Kirkaldy, Andy (27 October 2016). "No pay? No work? Why not, say two high bailiff candidates". Addison Independent. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. Title 24 § 331–3 (Vermont Statutes Online 2011).
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