244.195 Title to contraband seized in dry territory to be vested in appropriate court -- Destruction of contraband upon conviction of defendant.

KY Rev Stat § 244.195 (2019) (N/A)
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244.195 Title to contraband seized in dry territory to be vested in appropriate court -- Destruction of contraband upon conviction of defendant

(1) Title to seized contraband included in KRS 244.180(1), (2), (3), and (4) shall be vested in the appropriate court within whose jurisdiction the seizure occurred, irrespective of whether the contraband was seized by peace officers of the city or county or state administrators or investigators of the department, notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 242.380

(2) The court shall order the sheriff for the county in which the contraband included in subsection (1) of this section was seized to destroy the contraband, except firearms or ammunition, upon conviction of the defendant

(3) Contraband firearms and ammunition shall be transferred to the Department of Kentucky State Police for disposition as provided in KRS 500.090

Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 100, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 592, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 274, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2002 Ky

Acts ch. 368, sec. 13, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch

132, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 1

-- Created 1956 (4th Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, secs. 1 and 2