California Health and Safety Code

§ 11489

HSC § 11489 Effective Jul 16, 2021Div. 10 · Ch. 8

Statute text

Notwithstanding Section 11502 and except as otherwise provided in Section 11473, in all cases where the property is seized pursuant to this chapter and forfeited to the state or local governmental entity and, where necessary, sold by the Department of General Services or local governmental entity, the money forfeited or the proceeds of sale shall be distributed by the state or local governmental entity as follows:

(a)To the bona fide or innocent purchaser, conditional sales vendor, or mortgagee of the property, if any, up to the amount of their interest in the property, when the court declaring the forfeiture orders a distribution to that person.

(b)The balance, if any, to accumulate, and to be distributed and transferred quarterly in the following manner:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 83, Sec. 2. (SB 157) Effective July 16, 2021.