Sec. 12. (a) If the department or a law enforcement officer discovers cigarettes that are in violation of section 8 or 9 of this chapter, the department or a law enforcement officer may seize and take possession of the cigarettes together with any vending machine or receptacle in which the cigarettes are held for sale. The seized cigarettes, vending machine, or receptacle, not including money contained in the vending machine or receptacle, shall be forfeited to the state. The department or law enforcement agency shall, within a reasonable time after the seizure, destroy the confiscated cigarettes and vending machine or receptacle.
(b) The confiscation, destruction, sale, or redemption of cigarettes does not relieve a person of any penalties imposed for violation of this chapter.
(c) When the department has reason to believe that any cigarettes are being kept, sold, offered for sale, or given away in violation of this chapter, an officer of the department or a law enforcement officer may make an affidavit for a search warrant under IC 35-33-5. If the judge issues a search warrant under IC 35-33-1, a law enforcement officer or an authorized agent of the department may search any place or vehicle designated in the affidavit and search warrant and seize any cigarettes.
As added by P.L.21-2000, SEC.10.
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