Sec. 155.1445. SALE OF SEIZED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. (a) Tobacco products are perishable items.
(b) If the seized tobacco products are in a salable condition, the comptroller may sell the tobacco products, return the tobacco products to the manufacturer for credit, or destroy or dispose of the tobacco products.
(c) The price obtained at the sale is the market value for the tobacco products sold.
(d) The comptroller shall place the proceeds from the sale of seized tobacco products in escrow in a treasury suspense account, pending the outcome of the forfeiture proceeding provided for in this chapter.
(e) If a determination is made that the comptroller wrongfully seized the tobacco products, the person entitled to the tobacco products at the time of seizure may recover the money held in escrow in the treasury suspense account.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 55, eff. June 7, 1991. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 19.96, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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