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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="12-402" title_number="12" title_name="Forfeiture -- Controlled Dangerous Substances Violations" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Disposition">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After a full hearing, if the court determines that the property should not be forfeited, the court shall order that the property be released.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to § 12-403(b) of this subtitle, if the court determines that the property should be forfeited, the court shall order that the property be forfeited to the appropriate governing body.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the court determines that the forfeited property is subject to a valid lien created without actual knowledge of the lienholder that the property was being or was to be used in violation of the Controlled Dangerous Substances law, the court shall order that the property be released within 5 days to the first priority lienholder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The lienholder shall sell the property in a commercially reasonable manner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The proceeds of the sale shall be applied as follows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the court costs of the forfeiture proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to the balance due the lienholder, including all reasonable costs incident to the sale;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>to payment of all other expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture, including expenses of seizure or maintenance of custody; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>except as provided in § 12-403(b) of this subtitle, to the General Fund of the State or of the political subdivision that seized the property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
