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
002
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FORFEITURE
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4247)
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§ 4247. Disposition of property
(a) Whenever property is forfeited and delivered to the State Treasurer under this subchapter,
the State Treasurer shall, not sooner than 90 days after the date the property is
delivered, sell the property at a public sale held under 27 V.S.A. chapter 18, subchapter
7.
(b) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited property shall be used first to offset any
costs of selling the property and then, after any liens on the property have been
paid in full, applied to payment of seizure, storage, and forfeiture expenses, including
animal care expenses related to the underlying violation. Remaining proceeds shall
be distributed as follows:
(1)(A) 45 percent shall be distributed among:
(i) the Office of the Attorney General;
(ii) the Department of State’s Attorneys and Sheriffs; and
(iii) State and local law enforcement agencies.
[Subsection (b)(1)(B) repealed effective July 1, 2024.]
(B) The Agency of Administration is authorized to determine the allocations among the
groups listed in subdivision (A) of this subdivision (1) and may only reimburse the
prosecutor and law enforcement agencies that participated in the enforcement effort
resulting in the forfeiture for expenses incurred, including actual expenses for involved
personnel. The proceeds shall be held by the Treasurer until the Agency notifies the
Treasurer of the allocation determinations, at which time the Treasurer shall forward
the allocated amounts to the appropriate agency’s operating funds.
(2) The remaining 55 percent shall be deposited in the General Fund. (Added 1985, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 53, § 7; 2021, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2022; 2021, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)