If any claim to the ownership of such property or money shall be made on oath before the court, by or in behalf of any other persons than the persons arrested, and the accused person shall be held for trial or examination, such property or money shall remain in the custody of the Property Clerk until the discharge or conviction of the persons accused.
(R.S., D.C., § 415.)
1981 Ed., § 4-159.
1973 Ed., § 4-158.
This section is referenced in § 5-119.06.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
Chapter 1 - Metropolitan Police
§ 5–119.01. Property Clerk office created; definitions
§ 5–119.02. Lost, stolen or abandoned property — Custody
§ 5–119.03. Registration record
§ 5–119.04. Powers of notaries public
§ 5–119.05. Administration of oaths; certification of depositions
§ 5–119.07. Acquittal of accused
§ 5–119.08. Ownership claim by other than person arrested
§ 5–119.09. Property transmitted; deceased and incompetent persons; storage; fees; sale
§ 5–119.11. Immunity from damages to property; exception; “gross negligence” defined
§ 5–119.12. Sale of unclaimed animals
§ 5–119.13. Sale of perishable property
§ 5–119.14. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Generally
§ 5–119.15. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Perishable property
§ 5–119.16. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Large quantities of goods held for sale
§ 5–119.17. Use of property as evidence