The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
006
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THEFT OF RENTED PROPERTY
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 2591)
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§ 2591. Theft of rented property
(a) A person who converts to his or her own use any personal property, other than a motor
vehicle leased or rented pursuant to a written agreement that has been entrusted to
the person under an agreement in writing that provides for the delivery of that personal
property to a particular person or place or at a particular time, abandons it, or
refuses or neglects to deliver it to the person or place and at the time specified
in the written agreement, or who destroys, secretes, appropriates, converts, sells,
or attempts to sell all or any part of it, or who removes or permits or causes it
to be removed from this State, without the consent of its owner, shall be:
(1) if the value of the property involved is $900.00 or less, imprisoned not more than
six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both;
(2) if the property involved exceeds $900.00 in value:
(A) imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both;
or
(B) imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00 if the person
has been previously convicted of a violation of this subdivision (a)(2) of this section.
(b) All written agreements for the rental of personal property shall bear a statement
in bold face type in the following form:
NOTICE
FAILURE TO RETURN THE RENTAL PROPERTY WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER DELIVERY TO YOU OF NOTICE
TO RETURN, OR WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THIS AGREEMENT HAS EXPIRED OR THE PRESENTING OF
FALSE, FICTITIOUS OR MISLEADING IDENTIFICATION MAY BE CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCE OF AN
INTENTION TO COMMIT LARCENY.
(Added 1969, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)