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Not Returning a Rental

13 V.S.A. § 2592 — a rental car kept 72 hours past the return time without notice

  • Intentionally and without good cause failing to return a rented or leased motor vehicle within 72 hours after the time in the written agreement is a crime, when the renter gave no notice and got no extension.
  • The renter must have been given the boldface notice of this law at the time of renting.
  • It carries up to three years and $3,000, and up to five years and $5,000 after a prior conviction.
  • 13 V.S.A. § 2592
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  • For other property rented under a written agreement, converting it, abandoning it, or not returning it as agreed carries up to six months and $500 at a value of $900 or less.
  • Over $900 it carries up to two years and $1,000, or up to five years and $5,000 after a prior conviction.
  • Not returning it within 72 hours after a notice to return, or within 15 days after the agreement ends, may be evidence of an intent to steal.
Sources for this section (2)
  1. 13 V.S.A. § 2592 — Failure to return a rented or leased motor vehicle
  2. 13 V.S.A. § 2591 — Theft of rented property

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Vermont attorney.

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