Vermont Code § 24 V.S.A. § 991

Records to be delivered to successor
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§ 991. Records to be delivered to successor
When a town or town school district office becomes vacant by expiration of the term
of office of the incumbent, or otherwise, and a successor is elected or appointed,
on demand, he or she shall be entitled to receive from the last incumbent of the office
or anyone having possession of the same the records, files, books, and papers of such
office, or property of the town or the town school district, as the case may be. A
person having such records, files, books, papers, or other property in his or her
possession who refuses for ten days after such demand to surrender the same shall
be fined $10.00 for each week’s refusal.

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