The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 4510)
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§ 4510. Rights of innocent owner
Nothing contained in sections 4503-4509 of this title shall prejudice the rights of the bona fide owner of any such device upon affirmative
proof by him or her that he or she had no express or implied knowledge that such forfeited
property was being or intended to be used for the illegal purposes aforesaid and the
owner shall be entitled to a return of the same if he or she appears before adjudication
of forfeiture and establishes his or her right to such return in accord with the foregoing.
If, upon hearing, the person in charge of such firearm, jack, light, vehicle, or device
does not appear to be the owner thereof and no person shall claim the same, further
hearing shall be continued to a date certain. The taking of such articles and the
date, place, and purpose of adjourned hearing shall be advertised once a week for
three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the town or county where such
device was taken, and, if there is no newspaper published in such town or county where
such property was taken, in a newspaper having circulation in such county once a week
for three successive weeks. The court before whom such proceeding is held shall be
allowed the necessary expense of such advertising by the Commissioner of Finance and
Management and order entered by such court at such adjourned hearing. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b).)