617:1 Seizure. –
Whenever personal property is forfeited for violation of law, any officer or person by law authorized to seize the same may take and retain it until he shall deliver it to a proper officer having a warrant to detain it.
Source. RS 212:1. CS 225:1. GS 249:1. GL 267:1. PS 258:1. PL 372:1. RL 432:1.