2005 Vermont Code - § 3418. — Forfeiture for failure to replevy or redeem

§ 3418. Forfeiture for failure to replevy or redeem

If the owner or keeper of a beast impounded does not, within forty-eight hours after notice thereof as aforesaid, either replevy or redeem the same, he shall forfeit three dollars for each beast so by him suffered to remain in pound, and the same sum for every day thereafter he so suffers such beast to remain in pound, and pay the charges to the poundkeeper. Such forfeiture shall be recovered by the poundkeeper for his use in a civil action. (Amended 1981, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)