Vermont § 5422 - Actions to recover profits from a crime

§ 5422. Actions to recover profits from a crime

• (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any statute of limitations,
  any crime victim shall have the right to bring a civil action in a court of competent
  jurisdiction to recover money damages from a person convicted of that crime, or the
  legal representative of that convicted person, within three years of the discovery
  of any profits from the crime. Any damages awarded in such action shall be recoverable
  only up to the value of the profits of the crime. This section shall not limit the
  right of a victim to proceed or recover under another cause of action. (b) The Attorney General may, within three years of the discovery of any profits from
  the crime, bring a civil action on behalf of the State to enforce the subrogation
  rights described in section 5357 of this title. (c) If the full value of any profits from the crime has not yet been claimed by either
  the victim of the crime or the victim’s representative, the Attorney General, or both,
  within three years of the discovery of such profits, then the State may bring a civil
  action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the costs incurred by providing
  the defendant with counsel, if any, and other costs reasonably incurred or to be incurred
  in the incarceration of the defendant. (d) Upon the filing of an action pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the victim
  shall deliver a copy of the summons and complaint to the Attorney General. Upon receipt
  of a copy of the summons and complaint, the Attorney General shall send written notice
  of the alleged existence of profits from the crime to all other known victims at their
  last known addresses. (e) To avoid the wasting of assets identified in the complaint as newly discovered profits
  of the crime, the Attorney General, acting on behalf of the plaintiff and all other
  victims, shall have the right to apply for all remedies that are also otherwise available
  to the victim. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 2, eff. June 1, 2009.)