The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 27 : Property

Chapter 018 : Unclaimed Property

Subchapter 010 : VERIFIED REPORT OF PROPERTY; EXAMINATION OF RECORDS

• § 1564. Records obtained in examination

  Records obtained and records, including work papers, compiled by the Administrator in the course of conducting an examination under section 1562 of this title:

  (1) are subject to the confidentiality and security provisions of subchapter 14 of this chapter and are not public records;

  (2) may be used by the Administrator in an action to collect property or otherwise enforce this chapter;

  (3) may be used in a joint examination conducted with another state, the United States, a foreign country or subordinate unit of a foreign country, or any other governmental entity if the governmental entity conducting the examination is legally bound to maintain the confidentiality and security of information obtained from a person subject to examination in a manner substantially equivalent to subchapter 14 of this chapter;

  (4) must be disclosed, on request, to the person that administers the unclaimed property law of another state for that state’s use in circumstances equivalent to circumstances described in this subchapter, if the other state is required to maintain the confidentiality and security of information obtained in a manner substantially equivalent to subchapter 14 of this chapter;

  (5) must be produced by the Administrator under an administrative or judicial subpoena or administrative or court order; and

  (6) must be produced by the Administrator on request of the person subject to the examination in an administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the property. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)