Legal Question in Business Law in Vermont

Re: Does an officer of an unincorporated nonprofit association have a right to e

This falls under fiduciary law, not corporate law. There are several issues here, some which may be of a criminal nature, so you may want to be careful how you approach this.

Generally, when one party acts as a trustee or agent for others, as in a tenant organization or club, there is a fiduciary responsibility that is specific to the party who has access to and controls the funds for the benefit of others.

Even in the corporate world, every shareholder of a corp, or member of an LLC or general/limited partner has a RIGHT by law to examine the books of the entity in specific times and manners.

It sounds like you have a big problem here, and you may need "public support" (your tenant assoc.) to demand an independent audit going back at least 5 years. SOunds like a nasty situation ahead. Good luck. (You may want to contact authorities if large amouonts of money are missing.) Note: I do not do any criminal law, but can advise you on your legal rights to have an "accounting" made.