In this subtitle 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; for a commission county, the county commissioners; or for a municipal corporation, the legislative body established by municipal charter. “Convicted” means found guilty. “Final disposition” means dismissal, entry of a nolle prosequi, marking of a criminal charge “stet” on the docket, entry of a not guilty verdict, 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 Baltimore Police Department. “Human trafficking law” means § 3–324, § 3–1102, § 3–1103, § 11–207, § 11–304, and § 11–305 of the Criminal Law Article. “Lien” includes a mortgage, a deed of trust, a pledge, a security interest, an encumbrance, and a 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 the 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” means profits derived from a violation of the human trafficking law or property obtained directly or indirectly from those profits. “Property” includes: real property and anything growing on or attached to real property; motor vehicles; 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 violation of the human trafficking 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 violation of the human trafficking law or that the property was the proceeds of a violation of the human trafficking law. “Real property” means land or an improvement to land. “Real property” includes: a leasehold or any other limited interest in 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 human trafficking law and that has seized property under this subtitle.