District of Columbia Code
Subchapter X - Property
§ 5–119.16. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Large quantities of goods held for sale

When large quantities of goods held for sale by the owner, come into the possession of the Property Clerk as the proceeds of crime, the same may be delivered to the owner, his heirs or representatives, as provided in § 5-119.06, upon ample security to prosecute the case. But in such cases goods to the estimated value of $50 shall be retained by the Property Clerk until the discharge or conviction of the accused.
(R.S., D.C., § 422.)
1981 Ed., § 4-167.
1973 Ed., § 4-165.
This section is referenced in § 5-119.06.

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District of Columbia Code

Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences

Chapter 1 - Metropolitan Police

Subchapter X - Property

§ 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

§ 5–119.06. Property clerk — Return of property — General requirements; multiple claimants; immunity; property needed as evidence; notice to owner; disposition upon failure to claim

§ 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

§ 5–119.10. Sale at public auction; motor vehicle with lien of record; disposition of proceeds from 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

§ 5–119.18. Property treated as abandoned

§ 5–119.19. Abandoned intangible personal property