Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 4179

  • Consumer: means the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, of a new motor vehicle or lessee of a new motor vehicle, other than for the purposes of sub-lease, that has not been previously leased by another person, any person to whom such motor vehicle is transferred during the duration of an express warranty applicable to the motor vehicle, and any other person entitled by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty, but "consumer" shall not include any governmental entity or any business or commercial enterprise that registers or leases three or more motor vehicles. See
  • Express warranty: means express warranties as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, 9A V. See
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See

§ 4179. Effective date; limitations

(a) This chapter shall apply to motor vehicles beginning with the model year following July 1, 1984. Any proceedings initiated under this chapter shall be commenced within one year following the expiration of the express warranty term.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall in any way limit the rights or remedies that are otherwise available to a consumer under any other law. (Added 1983, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1999, No. 18, § 33, eff. May 13, 1999.)