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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="13-519" title_number="13" title_name="Other Forfeitures" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Violations of the Human Trafficking Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A notice shall be signed by the clerk of the court and shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>include the caption of the case;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>describe the substance of the complaint and the relief sought;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>state the latest date on which a response may be filed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>state that the property shall be forfeited if a response is not filed on time;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>state that the owner of the property may have possession of the property pending forfeiture by posting a bond as provided in § 13–510 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>tell where to file a response and whom to contact for more information concerning the forfeiture.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 20 days after the filing of the complaint, the notice shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>posted by the sheriff on the door of the courthouse where the action is pending or on a bulletin board within the immediate vicinity of the door;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>posted by the sheriff in a conspicuous place on the land, if forfeiture of real property is sought; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>published at least once a week in each of 3 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the action is pending, unless the property is a boat or motor vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
