The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 12 : Court Procedure
Chapter 111 : Levy of Execution
Subchapter 002 : Personal Property, Levy, and Sale
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 2736)-
§ 2736. Penalty for not paying to creditor
An officer who, on demand, does not pay to the creditor in an execution, his or her agent or attorney, such sums of money as he or she receives on the execution, shall forfeit to the person to whose use he or she received the same, 15 percent interest thereon, so long as he or she detains it after demand, to be recovered in an action of tort on this statute.
