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Vermont · Through 2025 session

14 V.S.A. § 4017: Agent’s liability

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  1. Title 14: Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations
  2. Chapter 127: Vermont Uniform Power of Attorney Act
  3. Subchapter 001: GENERAL PROVISIONS

An agent who violates this chapter is liable to the principal or the principal’s successors in interest for the amount required to:

(1) restore the value of the principal’s property to what it would have been had the violation not occurred;

(2) reimburse the principal or the principal’s successors in interest for the attorney’s fees and costs paid on the agent’s behalf;

(3) reimburse the reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the principal or the principal’s successor in interest in pursuing rectification of the violation by the agent; and

(4) pay such other amounts, damages, costs, or expenses that the court may award.

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