Vermont Statutes
Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act
§ 1364. Protection against harassment

§ 1364. Protection against harassment
(a) No park owner or site owner may willfully cause, directly or indirectly, the interruption or termination of any utility service being supplied to a resident, except for temporary interruptions for emergency repairs.
(b) No park owner or site owner may directly or indirectly deny a resident access to and possession of the resident’s rented or leased premises, except through proper judicial process.
(c) No park owner or site owner may directly or indirectly deny a resident access to and possession of the resident’s property, except through proper judicial process.
(d) Any resident who sustains damage or injury as a result of an illegal eviction may bring an action for injunctive relief, damages, costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
(e) A court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the park owner or site owner if, upon motion and hearing, it is determined that the action was not brought in good faith and was frivolous or intended for harassment only.
(f) A park owner or site owner may not retaliate by establishing or changing terms of a rental agreement or by bringing or threatening to bring an action against a resident who has not elected to become a purchasing leaseholder or who has organized or become a member of a resident’s association or similar organization.
(g) If a park owner or site owner acts in violation of this section, the resident is entitled to recover damages and reasonable attorney’s fees and has a defense in any retaliatory action for possession. (Added 1993, No. 97, § 1.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 27 - Property

Chapter 15 - Condominium Ownership Act

§ 1301. Short title

§ 1302. Definitions

§ 1303. Application of chapter

§ 1304. Status of the apartments or sites

§ 1305. Ownership of apartments or sites

§ 1306. Common areas and facilities

§ 1307. Compliance with covenants, bylaws and administrative provisions

§ 1308. Certain work prohibited

§ 1309. Liens against apartments or sites; removal from lien; effect of part payment

§ 1310. Common profits and expenses

§ 1311. Contents of declaration

§ 1312. Contents of deeds of apartments or sites

§ 1313. Copy of the floor plans to be filed

§ 1314. Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting an apartment or site at time of first conveyance

§ 1315. Recording

§ 1316. Termination, dissolution

§ 1317. Resubmission

§ 1318. Bylaws

§ 1319. Contents of bylaws

§ 1320. Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination

§ 1321. Waiver of use of common areas and facilities; abandonment of apartment or site

§ 1322. Separate taxation

§ 1323. Priority of lien

§ 1324. Joint and several liability of grantor and grantee for unpaid common expenses

§ 1325. Insurance

§ 1326. Disposition of property; destruction or damage

§ 1327. Actions

§ 1328. Personal application

§ 1329. Severability

§ 1331. Definitions

§ 1332. Applicability

§ 1333. Conversion building; notice to tenants

§ 1334. Exclusive right to purchase

§ 1335. Comparable housing

§ 1336. Relocation costs

§ 1337. Waiver prohibited

§ 1338. Circumvention of this subchapter

§ 1339. Violations

§ 1351. Definitions

§ 1352. Conversion of mobile home parks permitted

§ 1353. Notice of intent to convert a mobile home park

§ 1354. Election period

§ 1355. Notice of conversion

§ 1356. Leaseholder conversion period

§ 1357. Protection of purchasing leaseholders

§ 1358. Protection of nonpurchasing leaseholders

§ 1359. Protection of tenants

§ 1360. Stabilization of lot rent

§ 1361. Enforcement

§ 1362. Waiver prohibited

§ 1363. Circumvention of this subchapter

§ 1364. Protection against harassment

§ 1365. Violations