Vermont § 2592 - Failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle

§ 2592. Failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle

• (a) A person commits the offense of failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle
  if the person: (1) rents or leases a motor vehicle, as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4(21), pursuant to an agreement in writing that provides for the return of the vehicle
  to a particular place at a particular time; (2) intentionally and without good cause fails to return the vehicle to that place within
  72 hours after the time and date specified; (3) does not give notice to the person from whom the vehicle was rented or leased that
  he or she will not be able to return the vehicle on the date and time stated in the
  agreement and does not obtain an extension of the date and time on which the vehicle
  will be returned; and (4) when the person rented or leased the vehicle, the person was provided the following
  notice in boldface type: NOTICE THE FAILURE TO RETURN A RENTED OR LEASED MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER THE DATE
  AND TIME SPECIFIED IN THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITHOUT EXTENDING THE DATE AND TIME IS
  A CRIME UNDER VERMONT LAW (13 V.S.A. § 2592) AND MAY RESULT IN A CRIMINAL PENALTY OF UP TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT OR A $5,000.00
  FINE, OR BOTH. (b) A person who violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more than three years
  or fined not more than $3,000.00, or both. If the person has been previously convicted
  of a violation of this section, the person shall be imprisoned not more than five
  years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. (Added 1995, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)