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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="13-102" title_number="13" title_name="Other Forfeitures" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Gambling Violations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Money is prima facie contraband if a law enforcement officer in the State seizes the money in connection with an arrest for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>unlawfully playing or operating a bookmaking scheme;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>unlawfully betting on a horse race, athletic event, lottery, or game; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>using an unlawful gaming table or gaming device.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For purposes of this subsection, the Police Department of Baltimore City is not a State authority.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>All rights in, title to, and interest in money seized under subsection (a) of this section shall immediately vest in and to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the county or the municipal corporation, if the money is seized by the police of the local government, including a sheriff’s department that is the local law enforcement unit; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the State, if the money is seized by a State authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
