Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 140B.102 — CIVIL FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY

CP § 140B.102Title 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · Ch. 140B. CIVIL REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION · Art. C. CIVIL REMEDIES

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(a)All property, real or personal, including money, used in the course of, intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through conduct constituting an offense under Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code, is subject to civil forfeiture to the state under this chapter.

(b)An investigative agency, on behalf of this state, may bring a civil action for forfeiture:

(1)in the district court for the judicial district in which real or personal tangible property described by Subsection (a) is located;

(2)in a district court in this state regarding intangible property described by Subsection (a); and

(3)in the county in which real or personal tangible property described by Subsection (a) was seized.

(c)On entry of a final judgment of forfeiture in favor of the state, the title of the state to the forfeited property shall relate back:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.