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.
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 3009)
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§ 3009. Discontinuance, revocation, and reinstatement of licenses
(a) When any person ceases to be a licensee by reason of a discontinuance, sale, or transfer
of his or her business at any location, he or she shall notify the Commissioner in
writing by mail at the time the discontinuance, sale, or transfer takes effect. The
notice shall give the date of discontinuance and, in the event of a sale or transfer
of the business, the name and address of the purchaser or transferee. All taxes, interest,
and penalties not yet due and payable under the provisions of this chapter shall be
due and payable, notwithstanding such provisions, concurrently with the discontinuance,
sale, or transfer. The licensee shall file a report by mail and simultaneously pay
all taxes, interest, penalties, and other expenses due by him or her and surrender
to the Commissioner the license certificate issued to him or her together with all
duplicates and copies, and a user shall remove and surrender to the Commissioner all
identification markers from his or her motor vehicles. Until such notice has been
given to the Commissioner by a licensee required to file a bond, the seller and his
or her surety shall be liable for the taxes, interest, penalties, and other expenses
accruing against the transferee, but only to the extent of the value of the property
transferred.
(b) The Commissioner may suspend or revoke the license, the right to operate any vehicle,
and any registrations of a person who fails to comply with any provision of this chapter
or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter. Such suspension or revocation shall
be effective upon not less than 15 days’ notice unless within those 15 days the licensee
mails a written request for a hearing to show cause why the suspension or revocation
should not become effective.
(c) The Commissioner may reinstate a suspended license or issue a new license at any time
upon satisfaction by the licensee of the delinquency for which such license was revoked. (Added 1981, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1983, No. 44, § 9, eff. April 21, 1983; 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. July 13, 2020.)