§ 572 - Forfeiture and condemnation of seized vehicle or craft - Vermont Statutes

§ 572. Forfeiture and condemnation of seized vehicle or craft

If such officer seizes malt or vinous beverages, spirituous liquor or alcohol and takes possession of a vehicle, team, automobile, boat, air or water craft or other conveyance in which such malt or vinous beverages, spirituous liquors or alcohol is being unlawfully transported or in which alcohol is unlawfully possessed, without a warrant, he shall forthwith make complaint, under oath, subscribed by him, to a judge of a district court, in whose jurisdiction the same was seized. Thereupon the same proceedings shall be had as to such liquor or alcohol and such vehicle and team or automobile, motor vehicle, boat, air or water craft, or other conveyances as would be had if malt or vinous beverages or spirituous liquors had been seized, except that if such vehicle and team, or automobile, boat, air or water craft, or other conveyance, shall be finally adjudged forfeited and condemned the same, upon the written order of the magistrate, shall be sold at public sheriff's sale for the benefit of the state. The officer making such sale shall make return in writing to the court issuing such order of sale with the proceeds thereof, less his expenses and fees for keeping and selling the same, which fees shall be the same as for the sale of personal property upon execution. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 9, 1974.)