2005 Vermont Code - § 1604. — Seizure of motor vehicles

§ 1604. Seizure of motor vehicles

An enforcement officer, without process, may seize a motor vehicle found by him on which the manufacturer's serial or motor number or any of the identifying numbers placed on such vehicle by the manufacturer of such motor vehicle or any of the parts thereof have been obliterated, defaced or tampered with, or when in his judgment such motor vehicle has been stolen, and may retain possession of such vehicle until the commissioner or state's attorney of the county where such vehicle is found is satisfied as to the rightful ownership thereof. Immediately on the seizure of such motor vehicle, such officer shall report the same, together with all the facts obtainable by him, to such commissioner, and such officer shall notify the state's attorney of the county in which such motor vehicle was seized and cause the ownership of such vehicle to be investigated.