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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-623 Order of forfeiture.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-623" heading="Order of forfeiture.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">If the court determines that the vehicle should be forfeited, the court must order the vehicle forfeited to the City.</para>
      <para num="(2)">If, however, the court determines that the vehicle is subject to a bona fide recorded security interest created without the knowledge that the vehicle was being or was to be used in violation of this subtitle, the court must order that the vehicle be released within 5 days to the secured party of record.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Disposition of vehicle subject to security interest.">
      <para num="(1)">The secured party must sell the vehicle in a commercially reasonable manner.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Any sale ordered under this section must be made for cash and must vest in the purchaser a clear and absolute title to the vehicle.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The proceeds of the sale must 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>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Disposition of forfeited vehicle.">Any vehicle that has been ordered forfeited to the City may be:<para num="(1)">sold as provided in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|31"&gt;Article 31&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 31, Part 5;  or</para>
      <para num="(2)">destroyed.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Proceeds of bond.">The proceeds of any bond posted to regain possession of the vehicle must be applied as provided for proceeds of sale under subsection (b)(3) of this section.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-044</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
