27 V.S.A. § 1108: Failure of finder to comply with chapter

If a person finds money or goods, or takes up a stray beast and does not thus advertise or perform the duties required of him or her by this chapter, he or she shall not receive pay for keeping, or for other proceedings relating to such property, and shall forfeit to the use of the town in which the same is found, the value of such money, goods, or stray beast, to be recovered in an action on this statute.