Vermont § 2591 - Theft of rented property

§ 2591. Theft of rented property

• (a) A person who converts to his or her own use any personal property, other than a motor
  vehicle leased or rented pursuant to a written agreement that has been entrusted to
  the person under an agreement in writing that provides for the delivery of that personal
  property to a particular person or place or at a particular time, abandons it, or
  refuses or neglects to deliver it to the person or place and at the time specified
  in the written agreement, or who destroys, secretes, appropriates, converts, sells,
  or attempts to sell all or any part of it, or who removes or permits or causes it
  to be removed from this State, without the consent of its owner, shall be: (1) if the value of the property involved is $900.00 or less, imprisoned not more than
  six months or fined not more than $500.00, or both; (2) if the property involved exceeds $900.00 in value: (A) imprisoned for not more than two years or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both;
  or (B) imprisoned for not more than five years or fined not more than $5,000.00 if the person
  has been previously convicted of a violation of this subdivision (a)(2) of this section. (b) All written agreements for the rental of personal property shall bear a statement
  in bold face type in the following form: NOTICE FAILURE TO RETURN THE RENTAL PROPERTY WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER DELIVERY TO YOU OF NOTICE
  TO RETURN, OR WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THIS AGREEMENT HAS EXPIRED OR THE PRESENTING OF
  FALSE, FICTITIOUS OR MISLEADING IDENTIFICATION MAY BE CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCE OF AN
  INTENTION TO COMMIT LARCENY. (Added 1969, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 2005, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)