Identify seizing agency 4. Date and exact time and location of hearing 5. Document all notice procedures. Have officer present at hearings to assure dates set for future hearings comply with statute and allow time for required notices. All title rights vest in political unit employing the seizing officer.
Sale is by public auction.
No appraisal is necessary. For cash to highest bidder. A critical proof element is showing an owner did not make a reasonable inquiry as to the use of property, prior to allowing another to have it who used it for a criminal purpose. The statute mandates that all property seized by a law enforcement agency that is contraband be held for forfeiture, and that the prosecutor petition for the forfeiture of all seized property. The paperwork, record keeping, storage of property and investigative requirements generated by the volume of property we seize compels numerous duties be completed in a limited time.