Vermont § 574 - Reopening of forfeiture proceeding

§ 574. Reopening of forfeiture proceeding

• (a) At any time within one year after a vehicle, air or water craft, or other conveyance
  has been adjudged forfeited, a claimant may provide notice to the State’s Attorney
  of the county and, upon showing that he or she had no knowledge of the forfeiture
  hearing, may apply to the court that entered the judgment of forfeiture to have the
  case reopened. The court may require the claimant to give security by posting a bond
  to the State in a sufficient sum, as the court directs, conditioned on the claimant
  prosecuting his or her claim to effect and paying the costs awarded against him or
  her. (b) If upon rehearing the claimant establishes his or her claim, the court shall certify
  to the Commissioner of Finance and Management the amount of the claim, which shall
  not exceed the net amount actually realized by the State from the sale of the vehicle,
  air or water craft, or other conveyance, and the Commissioner of Finance and Management
  shall issue his or her warrant to pay the sum. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. April 9, 1974; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 2017, No. 83, § 92.)