Vermont § 1584 - Judicial remedy

§ 1584. Judicial remedy

• (a) Not later than 90 days after receiving notice of the Administrator’s determination
  under section 1572 of this title, the putative holder may: (1) file an action against the Administrator in the Civil Division of the Washington County
  Superior Court challenging the Administrator’s determination of liability and seeking
  a declaration that the determination is unenforceable, in whole or in part; or (2) pay the amount or deliver the property determined by the Administrator to be paid
  or delivered to the Administrator and, not later than six months after payment or
  delivery, file an action against the Administrator in the Civil Division of the Washington
  County Superior Court for a refund of all or part of the amount paid or return of
  all or part of the property delivered. (b) If a putative holder pays or delivers property the Administrator determined must be
  paid or delivered to the Administrator at any time after the putative holder files
  an action under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the court shall continue the action
  as if it had been filed originally as an action for a refund or return of property
  under subdivision (a)(2) of this section. (c) On the final determination of an action filed under subsection (a) of this section,
  the court may, on application, award to the prevailing party its reasonable attorney’s
  fees, costs, and expenses of litigation. (d) A putative holder that is the prevailing party in an action under subdivision (a)(2)
  of this section for refund of money paid to the Administrator is entitled to interest
  on the amount refunded, at the same rate a holder is required to pay to the Administrator
  under subsection 1594(a) of this title, from the date paid to the Administrator until the date of the refund. (Added 2019, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)