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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 12A-15 Order of forfeiture.">
  <section prefix="§" num="12A-15" heading="Order of forfeiture.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">If the court determines that the APM should be forfeited, the court shall order the APM forfeited to the City.</para>
      <para num="(2)">If, however, the court determines that the APM is subject to a bona fide recorded security interest created without the knowledge that the APM was being or was to be used in violation of this subtitle, the court shall order that the APM be released within 5 days to the secured party of record.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Disposition of APM subject to security interest.">
      <para num="(1)">The secured party:<para num="(i)">shall sell the APM in a commercially reasonable manner; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">may not sell the APM to the owner or other person from whom it was seized.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The proceeds of the sale shall be applied as follows:<para num="(i)">to the court costs of the forfeiture proceedings;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">to the balance due to the secured party, including all reasonable costs incident to the sale;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">to payment of all other expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture, including expenses of seizure, maintenance, or custody; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">to the general funds of the City.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-166</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
