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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="13-517" title_number="13" title_name="Other Forfeitures" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Violations of the Human Trafficking Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided under subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a complaint seeking forfeiture shall be filed within the earlier of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>90 days after the seizure; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>1 year after the final disposition of the criminal charge for the violation giving rise to the forfeiture.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A complaint for the forfeiture of a motor vehicle shall be filed within 45 days after the motor vehicle is seized.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A proceeding about money shall be filed within 90 days after the final disposition of criminal proceedings that arise out of the human trafficking law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the State or a political subdivision does not file proceedings about money within the 90–day period, the money seized under this subtitle shall be returned to the owner on request by the owner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the owner fails to ask for the return of the money within 1 year after the final disposition of criminal proceedings, the money shall revert to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the political subdivision in which the money was seized; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the State, if the money was seized by State authorities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
