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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 12A-13 Forfeiture petition; notice.">
  <section prefix="§" num="12A-13" heading="Forfeiture petition; notice.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Filing; copies to parties in interest.">If the Solicitor determines that the APM should be forfeited, the Solicitor shall, within 90 days after the seizure of the APM:<para num="(1)">file a forfeiture petition in a court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the City against the APM, as designated by the APM’s type, manufacturer, model number or name, color, size, and serial number; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">at the same time, send copies of the petition by registered or certified mail to the APM’s owner and any known secured party.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents.">The petition for forfeiture shall contain:<para num="(1)">the name of the APM’s owner;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the name of any secured party whose interest appears among the records maintained by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City;</para>
      <para num="(3)">a statement of the facts and circumstances surrounding the seizure of the APM;</para>
      <para num="(4)">a statement of the specific grounds for forfeiture; and</para>
      <para num="(5)">a request that the APM be forfeited to the City.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Publication of notice.">
      <para num="(1)">Within 7 days of the petition’s filing, the Solicitor shall publish notice of the seizure and forfeiture proceeding in 1 or more newspapers of general circulation in the City.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The notice shall:<para num="(i)">state the substance and object of the forfeiture petition; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">state that any person claiming an interest in the seized APM must file a defense to the petition within 15 days of the date of the notice.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-166</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
