Disclosure of Sexually Explicit Images Without Consent
VT NCII Law
Other · Artificial intelligence
Makes it a crime to knowingly share nude or sexual images of an identifiable person without consent, with intent to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten or coerce, including realistic digitally altered or AI-generated images. Websites may not charge to remove such images, and victims have a civil cause of action.
- Where
- Vermont
- Citation
- 13 V.S.A. § 2606
- Status
- In force
- Last amended
- 2024-06-06
- Enforced by
- State's Attorneys and Attorney General (criminal); victims (civil)
- People can sue
- Yes
- Penalties
- Up to two years in prison or a $2,000 fine; up to five years or $10,000 if done for financial profit. Victims may sue for damages and injunctive relief and may proceed under a pseudonym.
- Applies to
- Any person who discloses nude or sexual images of an identifiable person, including digitally created or altered images
- Operators of websites and apps that host such images (removal fee ban)
- Interactive computer services are exempt for content provided by others
Rights it gives people
- Victims harmed by non-consensual disclosure may sue and obtain injunctions ordering the image taken down, and may use a pseudonym.13 V.S.A. § 2606(e)
Practices it requires
- Do not knowingly disclose a nude or sexual image of an identifiable person without consent with intent to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten or coerce; consent to creation is not consent to disclosure.13 V.S.A. § 2606(b)
- Website and app operators may not solicit or accept payment to remove, modify or not post such an image at the depicted person's request.13 V.S.A. § 2606(c)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: The original 2015 effective date was not confirmed; the digitization (deepfake) coverage appears in the current text, but the act that added it was not identified.
Research reference, not legal advice.