Penalty for not paying to creditor
12 V.S.A. § 2736
in effect2736. Penalty for not paying to creditor
An officer who, on demand, does not pay to the creditor in an execution, his or her agent or attorney, such sums of money as he or she receives on the execution, shall forfeit to the person to whose use he or she received the same, 15 percent interest thereon, so long as he or she detains it after demand, to be recovered in an action of tort on this statute.
Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/111/02736Fetched: 10/21/2026
