Vermont § 7171 - Collection by complaint, information, or indictment

§ 7171. Collection by complaint, information, or indictment

• (a) Fines, forfeitures, and penalties incurred or imposed by statute may be recovered
  by complaint, information, or indictment, unless some other mode of recovery is specially
  provided. (b) The Court Administrator is authorized to contract with private collection agencies
  for collection of penalties, fines, surcharges, court costs, and any other assessment
  authorized by law incurred or imposed by statute on persons who fail to pay, at or
  after time of judgment, after notice that failure to pay the debt will result in the
  debt being referred to a collection agency and that the debtor will be liable for
  the collection agency’s fee. The Court Administrator may agree to pay collection agencies
  a fee based on a fixed rate for services rendered or a percentage of the amount actually
  collected by such agencies and remitted to the state. The debtor shall be liable for
  the collection agency’s fee, in addition to the judgment amount. The collection agency
  shall deduct its fee from the collected amount and remit the balance to the judiciary.
  All collection agency fees shall be governed by the contract with the Court Administrator
  and shall be clearly disclosed in all notices sent by the collection agency to the
  debtor. (Amended 1985, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. June 4, 1986; 2007, No. 51, § 4; 2009, No. 4, § 117, eff. April 29, 2009.)