The Vermont Statutes Online
The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 32 : Taxation and Finance
Chapter 133 : Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Subchapter 009 : Delinquent Taxes
(Cite as: 32 V.S.A. § 5138)-
§ 5138. Power of collector as to delinquent taxes
Within 10 years from the time of receiving a tax bill, the collector may collect a tax in any place in the State and execute his or her warrant wherever he or she finds the property or person of a delinquent. When a person against whom the collector has a tax is absent from the State when the tax bill is received or removes therefrom within two years thereafter and has no property in the State that can be distrained for taxes, the collector may collect the tax within six years from the time he or she returns to the State or has known property therein liable to distress.
