The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
NOTE
Title
9
:
Commerce and Trade
Chapter
139
:
Discrimination; Public Accommodations; Rental and Sale of Real Estate
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 4506)
§ 4506. Enforcement; civil action; retaliation prohibited
(a) A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file a charge of discrimination
with the Human Rights Commission pursuant to chapter 141 of this title or may bring
an action for injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages and any other
appropriate relief in the Superior Court of the county in which the violation is alleged
to have occurred.
(b) The court may award costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to an aggrieved person who
prevails in an action brought under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Human Rights Commission may bring an action in the name of the Commission to enforce
the provisions of this chapter in accordance with its powers established in chapter
141 of this title.
(d) The initiation or completion of an investigation by the Human Rights Commission shall
not be a condition precedent to the filing of any lawsuit for violation of this chapter.
(e) A person shall not coerce, threaten, interfere, or otherwise discriminate against
any individual who:
(1) has opposed any act or practice that is prohibited under section 4502 or 4503 of this title;
(2) has lodged a complaint or has testified, assisted, or participated in any manner with
the Human Rights Commission in an investigation of acts or practices prohibited by
this chapter;