All persons claiming any interest in intoxicating liquors seized in accordance with this part shall do so by petition, which petition shall be filed in the circuit or criminal court of the county in which such liquors were seized, within ten (10) days after the filing of the statement showing the seizure thereof required in §57-9-104; provided, however, that persons for whom advertisement is made by notice as herein required may file such petition within the time set out in such notice. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to ascertain what notices have been posted by the clerk in accordance with this part and make return thereof to the court as hereinbefore provided.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 57 - Intoxicating Liquors
§ 57-9-101. Destruction of Liquor and Paraphernalia
§ 57-9-102. Arrest of Persons Implicated in Manufacture
§ 57-9-103. Officers to Take Into Possession Intoxicating Liquors Held or Transported Illegally
§ 57-9-104. Officers to File Written Statement About Intoxicants Taken
§ 57-9-105. Court Having Jurisdiction
§ 57-9-106. Delivery of Seized Liquor to Sheriff
§ 57-9-107. Sheriff to Keep Intoxicants Until Otherwise Ordered by Court
§ 57-9-108. Sheriff's Statement of Intoxicants Held
§ 57-9-110. Notice When Name of Owner Unknown
§ 57-9-111. Claimants of Liquor — Petition
§ 57-9-112. Answer to Petition Claiming Ownership
§ 57-9-113. Petition Claiming Ownership Tried in Summary Manner
§ 57-9-114. Determination of Claims to Liquor
§ 57-9-117. Disposition of Liquor Bearing No Federal Tax Stamp — Destruction of Spoiled Liquor
§ 57-9-118. Sheriff's Inventory to Facilitate Credit to Proper Jurisdiction