2015 Vermont Statutes
Title 27 - Property
Chapter 14 - Unclaimed Property
§ 1259 Periods of limitation
§ 1259. Periods of limitation
(a) The expiration of a period of limitation on the owner's right to receive or recover property, whether specified by contract, statute, or court order, shall not preclude the property from being presumed abandoned or affect a duty to file a report or to pay or deliver or transfer property to the treasurer as required by this chapter.
(b) An action or proceeding may not be maintained by the treasurer to enforce this chapter in regard to the reporting, delivery, or payment of property more than 10 years after the holder specifically identified the property in a report filed with the treasurer or gave notice to the treasurer of a dispute regarding the property. In the absence of such a report or other express notice, the period of limitation shall be tolled. The period of limitation shall also be tolled by the filing of a report that is fraudulent.
(c) [Repealed.] (Amended 2005, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2009, No. 13, § 3, eff. May, 7, 2009.)
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