The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
001
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COMPENSATION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME
(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 5357)
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§ 5357. Subrogation; lien; disposition of proceeds
The State shall be subrogated to the rights of the victim, assignee, heir, or dependent
to whom cash payments are granted to the extent of the cash payments granted, less
the amount of any fine imposed by the court on the perpetrator of the crime. The State
shall have a lien therefor and may commence an action or intervene in any action to
protect and enforce the lien. Such subrogation rights shall be against any person
liable for the pecuniary loss. (Added 1989, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2017, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 19, 2018.)