Vermont § 1971 - Intentional killing; offender not to benefit
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1971 — Intentional killing; offender not to benefit, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1971. Intentional killing; offender not to benefit
- (a) The acquisition of any property, interest, power, or benefit by a person as the result
of the person’s commission of an intentional and unlawful killing shall be treated
in accordance with the principle that a killer cannot profit from his or her wrong,
and a court shall have the power to distribute, reform, revoke, or otherwise dispose
of such property, interest, power, or benefit in accord with the principles of this
section. (b) The distribution, reformation, revocation, or disposition of any property, interest,
power, or benefit subject to subsection (a) of this section shall not affect any valid
liens or mortgages on such property, interest, power, or benefit. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 3.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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