15 Administrative Order No. 15. Uniform Fish and Game Information Procedure

For the purpose of instituting uniform administrative procedures for fish and game violations, the Supreme Court issues the following order pursuant to its authority under 4 V.S.A. § 3 and 10 V.S.A. § 4557.

§ 1. Pursuant to agreement, the commissioner of fish and wildlife will be responsible for the issuance of and accounting for the uniform fish and game informations. The commissioner may promulgate procedures, rules and regulations for the issuance of and accounting for the informations with the approval of the court administrator.

§ 2. The court administrator shall make periodic inspections of issuing and accounting procedures of the commissioner.

§ 3. All informations shall be numbered in sequence. A record shall be kept of the law enforcement agency to which they are issued and the numbers of the informations that have been issued to that agency. All law enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers shall be responsible to account for each and every information issued to them.

§ 4. Any information which is spoiled for any reason, including but not limited to error or faulty information, and not served upon a violator, shall be voided by the issuing law enforcement officer and returned to the department.

§ 5. Following final disposition of a fish and game violation either by plea or trial and payment of fine, the district court shall forward the abstract of the court record to the department of fish and wildlife.