Vermont · Vermont Statutes — Title 13, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Vt. Stat. (Crimes) § 4506: Penalty accruing to party aggrieved Actions upon a statute for a penalty or forfeiture given in whole or in part to the party aggrieved shall be commenced within four years after the commission of the offense, and not after. Statutes Vermont Statutes Online Statutes Search Vermont Statutes at Lexis/
What this law says, in plain English
This statute sets a four-year deadline for a party to file a legal action to collect a penalty or forfeiture that the law awards to them, measured from when the underlying offense occurred.
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