Vermont Statutes Title 13 Sec. 2574
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 13 Sec. 2574
- Merchandise: means any items of tangible personal property displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale. See
- Merchant: means an owner or manager of any retail mercantile establishment, or any person or persons in a supervisory capacity or security officer authorized in writing by the owner or manager to make requests or detentions under this subchapter. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Retail mercantile establishment: means any place where merchandise is displayed or offered for sale to the public, including storage areas on the premises of such an establishment. See
- said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
§ 2574. Right of merchant to request merchandise to be kept in view
A merchant has the right to request in a reasonable manner any person at his or her retail mercantile establishment to place and keep in full view any merchandise that the person has removed from its place of display, for any purpose. Notice of this request shall be conspicuously posted by the merchant in said retail mercantile establishment. (Added 1977, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 17, 1978.)