The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 9 : Commerce and Trade
Chapter 063 : CONSUMER PROTECTION
Subchapter 003 : FAIR CREDIT REPORTING
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 2480k)-
§ 2480k. Complaints to law enforcement agencies
A person who has learned or reasonably suspects that his or her personal identifying information has been unlawfully used by another, as described in 13 V.S.A. § 2030(a), may make a complaint about the unlawful use of personal identifying information to the State Police or to the person’s local law enforcement agency. The law enforcement agency shall take the complaint and provide the complainant with a copy of the complaint, the name of the law enforcement officer taking the complaint, and an incident number or case number assigned to the complaint by the law enforcement agency. If the suspected crime was committed in a different jurisdiction, the law enforcement agency shall take the complaint and provide the complainant with a copy of the complaint, the name of the law enforcement officer taking the complaint, and an incident number or case number assigned to the complaint by the law enforcement agency and refer the complaint to a law enforcement agency in that different jurisdiction. (Added 2003, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2005.)