Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 59.021 — FORFEITURE OF SUBSTITUTE PROPERTY

CR § 59.021Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 59. FORFEITURE OF CONTRABAND

(a)In this article, "substitute property" means property:

(1)that is not contraband; and

(2)that is owned by a person who is or was the owner of, or has or had an interest in, contraband with an aggregate value of $200,000 or more.

(b)Substitute property may be seized under authority of a search warrant issued under Subsection (c) if property that is contraband:

(1)can no longer be located after the exercise of reasonable diligence;

(2)has been transferred, conveyed, sold to, or deposited with a person other than the owner or interest holder;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1357 (S.B. 1451), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.