In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. “Chief executive officer” means: for Baltimore City, the Mayor; for a charter county, the county executive or, if there is no county executive, the county council; for a code county, the county commissioners or county council; for a county commissioner county, the county commissioners; or for a municipal corporation, the legislative body established by municipal charter. “Controlled Dangerous Substances law” means Title 5 of the Criminal Law Article. “Convicted” means found guilty. “Final disposition” means a dismissal, entry of a nolle prosequi, the marking of a criminal charge “stet” on the docket, entry of a not guilty verdict, the pronouncement of sentence, or imposition of probation under § 6-220 of this article. “Forfeiting authority” means: the unit or person designated by agreement between the State’s Attorney for a county and the chief executive officer of the governing body having jurisdiction over assets subject to forfeiture to act on behalf of the governing body regarding those assets; or if the seizing authority is a unit of the State, a unit or person that the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee designates by agreement with a State’s Attorney, county attorney, or municipal attorney to act on behalf of the State regarding assets subject to forfeiture by the State. “Governing body” includes: the State, if the seizing authority is a unit of the State; a county, if the seizing authority is a unit of a county; a municipal corporation, if the seizing authority is a unit of a municipality; and Baltimore City, if the seizing authority is the Police Department of Baltimore City. “Lien” includes a mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, or right of setoff. “Lienholder” means a person who has a lien or a secured interest on property created before the seizure. “Local financial authority” means: if the seizing authority is a unit of a county, the treasurer or director of finance of the county; or if the seizing authority is a unit of a municipal corporation, the treasurer or director of finance of that municipal corporation. “Owner” means a person having a legal, equitable, or possessory interest in property. “Owner” includes: a co-owner; a life tenant; a remainderman to a life tenancy in real property; a holder of an inchoate interest in real property; and a bona fide purchaser for value. “Proceeds” includes property derived directly or indirectly in connection with or as a result of a crime under the Controlled Dangerous Substances law. “Property” includes: real property and anything growing on or attached to real property; tangible and intangible personal property, including: securities; negotiable and nonnegotiable instruments; vehicles and conveyances of any type; privileges; interests; claims; and rights; an item, object, tool, substance, device, or weapon used in connection with a crime under the Controlled Dangerous Substances law; and money. “Property” does not include: an item unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the owner when used in connection with a crime under the Controlled Dangerous Substances law; or a lessor’s interest in property subject to a bona fide lease, unless the forfeiting authority can show that the lessor participated in a crime under the Controlled Dangerous Substances law or that the property was the proceeds of a crime under the Controlled Dangerous Substances law. “Real property” means land or an improvement to land. “Real property” includes: a leasehold or other limited interest in real property; an easement; and a reversionary interest in a 99-year ground lease renewable forever. “Seizing authority” means a law enforcement unit in the State that is authorized to investigate violations of the Controlled Dangerous Substances law and that has seized property under this title.