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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="12-403" title_number="12" title_name="Forfeiture -- Controlled Dangerous Substances Violations" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Disposition">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Whenever property is forfeited under this title, the governing body where the property was seized may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>keep the property for official use;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>require an appropriate unit to take custody of the property and destroy or otherwise dispose of it; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>sell the property if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the law does not require the property to be destroyed; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the property is not harmful to the public.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The proceeds of a sale under this subsection shall first be used to pay all proper expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture and sale, including expenses of seizure, maintenance of custody, advertising, and court costs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the seizing authority was a State law enforcement unit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>under § 12-402(b) of this subtitle, the court shall order the property to be forfeited to the State law enforcement unit; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>under § 12-402(d)(2)(iv) of this subtitle, the proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the State law enforcement unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the State law enforcement unit that receives forfeited property or proceeds from a sale of forfeited property under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>dispose of the forfeited property as provided in subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pay to the General Fund of the State any proceeds of the sale of the forfeited property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided under federal law, a law enforcement unit other than a State law enforcement unit that participated with a State law enforcement unit in seizing property forfeited under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be paid by the State law enforcement unit the share of the proceeds from the sale of the forfeited property as agreed by the law enforcement units; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may ask the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to determine its share.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Proceeds that a law enforcement unit other than a State law enforcement unit receives under subsection (d) of this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the political subdivision of that law enforcement unit.</text>
  </level>
</section>
