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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="13-528" title_number="13" title_name="Other Forfeitures" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Violations of the Human Trafficking Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After a full hearing, if the court determines that the property should not be forfeited, the court shall order that the property be released.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to § 13–529 of this subtitle, if the court determines that the property should be forfeited, the court shall order that the property be forfeited to the appropriate governing body.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the court determines that the forfeited property is subject to a valid lien created without actual knowledge of the lienholder that the property was being or was to be used in violation of § 3–1102 or § 3–1103 of the Criminal Law Article, the court shall order that the property be released within 5 days to the first priority lienholder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The lienholder shall sell the property in a commercially reasonable manner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The proceeds of the sale shall be applied as follows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the court costs of the forfeiture proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to the balance due the lienholder, including all reasonable costs incident to the sale;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>to payment of all other expenses of the proceedings for forfeiture, including expenses of seizure or maintenance of custody; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>to the General Fund of the State or of the political subdivision that seized the property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
