Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 22 Sec. 111

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See

§ 111. Protection of library property; penalties

(a) A library may recover in a civil action damages for detained or damaged library property, together with costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.

(b) A person who willfully damages, defaces, or removes without authorization any recording, book, or object available for public use or loan from a library or repository of public records or documents or who detains any library property for more than 30 days after a written notice to return the property has been mailed shall be fined not more than $ 500.00 for each offense. Each piece of library property shall be a single offense. (Added 1989, No. 28, § 8.)