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Subtitle 1 - Gambling Violations
Section 13-101 - Defined Terms - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 13-102 - Money Presumed to Be Contraband - (a) Money is prima facie contraband if a law enforcement...
Section 13-103 - Contraband to Be Photographed and Recorded - (a) The seizing authority that seizes money that is contraband...
Section 13-104 - Seized Money to Be Deposited or Invested - Pending final disposition, the financial authority shall account for and...
Section 13-105 - Complaint for Forfeiture - (a) (1) Each application for the forfeiture of contraband shall...
Section 13-106 - Complaint for Return of Money - (a) Seized money may be returned only as provided in...
Section 13-107 - Prima Facie Evidence -- Contraband - (a) In a proceeding on a complaint for a return...
Section 13-108 - Grounds for Forfeiture - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if a...
Section 13-109 - Effect of Subtitle - This subtitle does not prohibit the trial judge, after an...
Subtitle 2 - Violations of Gun Laws
Section 13-201 - Property Subject to Seizure and Forfeiture - The following property is subject to seizure and forfeiture: (1)...
Section 13-202 - Seizure of Property - (a) An authorized law enforcement officer may seize property listed...
Section 13-203 - Procedures After Seizure - (a) (1) By an appropriate inquiry and investigation, the seizing...
Section 13-204 - Determining Owner's Knowledge of Handgun Violation - (a) (1) On timely receipt of an application, the seizing...
Section 13-205 - Seized Handguns in Criminal Cases - (a) (1) In a proceeding in a criminal cause involving...
Section 13-206 - Disposition of Forfeited Property - (a) Whenever property is forfeited under this subtitle, the law...
Subtitle 3 - Violations of Explosives Laws
Section 13-301 - Forfeiture for Violation of Explosives Laws - (a) This section does not apply to a vehicle unless...
Subtitle 4 - Violations of the Maryland Mortgage Fraud Protection Act
Section 13-401 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 13-402 - Property Subject to Forfeiture - The following property is subject to forfeiture: (1) property used...
Section 13-403 - Property Subject to Forfeiture -- Exceptions - (a) Property or an interest in property may not be...
Section 13-404 - Seizure of Property - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 13-405 - Forfeiture of Property - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 13-406 - Property Used in Violation of Mortgage Fraud Law - (a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of...
Section 13-407 - Disposition of Property - (a) Except as provided in this section, disposition of property...
Section 13-408 - Rights and Obligations - Lienholders of property seized under this subtitle shall have the...
Subtitle 5 - Violations of the Human Trafficking Law
Section 13-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 13-502 - Subject to Forfeiture - The following are subject to forfeiture: (1) except as provided...
Section 13-503 - Forfeiture for Violations Without Knowledge of Owner Not Permitted - (a) Property or an interest in property described in §...
Section 13-504 - Seizure of Personal Property - Personal property subject to forfeiture under this subtitle may be...
Section 13-505 - Seizure of Money - (a) A seizing authority that seizes money under this subtitle...
Section 13-506 - Effect of Seizure - (a) Property seized under this subtitle: (1) is not repleviable;...
Section 13-507 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Motor Vehicle - (a) A seizing authority may seize a motor vehicle used...
Section 13-508 - Recommendation of Forfeiture - (a) The chief law enforcement officer of the seizing authority...
Section 13-509 - Seizure and Forfeiture of Motor Vehicle -- Surrender of Vehicle to Owner - (a) The forfeiting authority shall surrender the motor vehicle on...
Section 13-510 - Procedure to Obtain Possession of Property - (a) (1) Except as provided in §§ 13–512 and 13–513...
Section 13-511 - Seizure of Real Property - Seizure of real property occurs on the earlier of the...
Section 13-512 - Seized Real Property -- Rights of Tenants; Receiver of Income - (a) Subject to the rights of a lienholder to sell...
Section 13-513 - Prohibited Acts Prior to Judgment in Favor of Owner - (a) This section does not apply if: (1) an act...
Section 13-514 - Prompt Filing of Forfeiture Proceedings - Except as provided in § 13–517(c) of this subtitle, if...
Section 13-515 - Procedure - Except as provided in § 13–516 of this subtitle, the...
Section 13-516 - Procedure -- Forfeiture of Money - (a) To apply for the forfeiture of money, the appropriate...
Section 13-517 - Time for Filing - (a) Except as provided under subsections (b) and (c) of...
Section 13-518 - Procedure -- Complaint - (a) A complaint seeking forfeiture shall contain: (1) a description...
Section 13-519 - Notice - (a) A notice shall be signed by the clerk of...
Section 13-520 - Answer - The answer to a complaint shall: (1) comply with the...
Section 13-521 - Hearing or Order on Failure to File Answer - (a) If an answer has been filed on time, the...
Section 13-522 - Forfeiture of Real Property - Except as provided in §§ 13–503 and 13–524 of this...
Section 13-523 - Proceedings for Forfeiture of Real Property - (a) Forfeiture proceedings for real property may be brought in...
Section 13-524 - Stay of Proceedings During Pendency of Appeal - If an owner of real property used as the principal...
Section 13-525 - Presumption That Property Subject to Forfeiture - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 13-526 - Forfeiture of Other Property for Act or Omission of Owner or Return of Property - (a) The court may order the forfeiture of other property...
Section 13-527 - Powers of Court - In a proceeding under this subtitle, a court: (1) may...
Section 13-528 - Orders - (a) After a full hearing, if the court determines that...
Section 13-529 - Rights of Governing Body Where Property Seized - If property is forfeited under this subtitle, the governing body...
Section 13-530 - Proceeds From Sale or Retention of Property - (a) The proceeds from a sale or the retention of...
Section 13-531 - Sale for Cash; Transfer of Title - A sale of property ordered under this subtitle shall be...
Section 13-532 - Duties of Lienholders Prior to Sale of Property - (a) Before exercising the right to sell property that has...
Section 13-533 - Law Governing Sale of Collateral - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 13-534 - Proceeds From Sale - (a) Any part of the proceeds from a sale of...
Section 13-535 - Duties of Lienholder on Redemption of Property - (a) If the interest of the owner in property that...
Section 13-536 - Rights of Lienholders - This subtitle does not prohibit a lienholder from exercising rights...