§7151. Seizure of forfeited personal property When personal property is forfeited for an offense and no special mode is prescribed for recovering it, any person entitled to the whole or part thereof may seize and keep it until final judgment unless restored on the bond as provided.
§7152. Restoration to claimant on giving bond If the person claiming it for himself or another gives bond to the party seizing, with sufficient surety, to pay the appraised value when it is decreed forfeited, it shall be restored to him.
§7153. Appraisal The value shall be ascertained by the appraisement of 3 disinterested persons mutually chosen by the parties, or, if they cannot agree, by a justice of the peace in the county. [PL 1987, c. 736, §19 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 456, §A56 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 736, §19 (AMD).
§7154. Inventory and appraisal if no claimant If no person claims the property after such seizure, the party seizing shall cause an inventory and appraisement thereof to be made by 3 disinterested persons, under oath, appointed by a justice of the peace in the county. [PL 1967, c. 544, §39 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL […]
§7155. Libel in Superior Court; notice The party seizing, within 20 days, shall file a complaint in the clerk’s office of the Superior Court in the county where the offense was committed, stating the cause of seizure and praying for an order of forfeiture. The clerk shall thereupon make out a notice to all persons […]
§7156. Bond on seizure When there is a claimant, the court may order the party seizing to give bond to him with sufficient surety for the safekeeping of the property seized, compliance with the order of court for restoration, and the payment of costs and damages, if not forfeited, and may hear and determine the […]
§7157. Complaint not supported; property restored with damages If the complaint is not supported or is discontinued, the court shall order a restoration of the property, with costs. If the jury or court finds the seizure without probable cause, reasonable damages shall be ordered for the claimant.
§7158. Appeals (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 544, §41 (RP).
