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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="12-205" title_number="12" title_name="Forfeiture -- Controlled Dangerous Substances Violations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Seizure">
  <text>A motor vehicle used in violation of this title may not be seized and forfeiture may not be recommended to the forfeiting authority if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the motor vehicle falls within § 12-103(b) of this title;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <level label="i">
      <text>an innocent registered owner lends the motor vehicle to another person; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>that person, or someone invited into the motor vehicle by that person, brings a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia into the motor vehicle without the registered owner’s knowledge; or</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <level label="i">
      <text>a member of the family other than the registered owner uses the motor vehicle, and a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia is in the motor vehicle in an amount insufficient to suggest a sale is contemplated;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>a sale was not made or attempted; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>the registered owner did not know that the controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia was in the motor vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
