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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 23A - Criminal Procedure » Chapter 49 - Civil Forfeiture For Crime » Section 23A-49-22 – Seized property–Searchable website or spreadsheet.

23A-49-22. Seized property–Searchable website or spreadsheet.

The attorney general shall establish and maintain a searchable public website or electronic spreadsheet that includes the following information about each property seized and forfeited:

(1)Name of the law enforcement agency that seized the property or, if seized by a multijurisdictional state task force, the name of the lead state agency;

(2)Forfeiture case file number;

(3)County;

(4)Arresting agency;

(5)Seizure date;

(6)Location of the seizure, whether a residence, business, event, or traffic stop;

(7)If a traffic stop on an interstate, the direction of the traffic flow, whether eastbound, westbound, southbound or northbound;

(8)Type and amount of controlled substance;

(9)Original criminal charge;

(10)Final criminal charge;

(11)Date of summons and complaint filed;

(12)Date of summons and complaint served or last date of publication;

(13)Whether the defendant or property owner defaulted on the forfeiture complaint, and if no default occurred, the date of civil answer filed by the defendant or property owner;

(14)Whether an innocent-owner claimant or creditor moved to regain the property;

(15)Date of default civil judgment;

(16)Date of summary judgment;

(17)Date of civil dismissal;

(18)Date of order of civil forfeiture;

(19)Dollar amount of seized currency;

(20)Description of seized property, other than currency, including make, model, and year;

(21)Estimated value of seized property other than currency;

(22)Date of case completion;

(23)Dollar amount of forfeited currency after case completion;

(24)Description of forfeited property, other than currency, after case completion;

(25)Estimated value of forfeited property, other than currency, after case completion;

(26)Whether the property was returned to the defendant or property owner, returned to the innocent-owner claimant or creditor, bought back, sold, destroyed, retained or disbursed to law enforcement agency, or pending disposition; and

(27)Case comments.

Source: SL 2022, ch 76, §2.