The following will be subject to civil in rem forfeiture:
(1) All controlled substances which have been manufactured, distributed, dispensed, possessed or acquired in the course of prohibited conduct;
(2) All raw materials, products and equipment of any kind which are used, or intended for use, in providing, manufacturing, compounding, processing, delivering, importing or exporting any service or substance in the course of prohibited conduct;
(3) All property which is used, or intended for use, as a container for property described in subsection (1) or (2) of this section;
(4) All conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or vessels, which are used, or are intended for use, to transport or in any manner facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession or concealment of property described in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, and all conveyances, including aircraft, vehicles or vessels, which are used or intended for use in prohibited conduct or to facilitate prohibited conduct in any manner, except that:
(a) No conveyance used by any person as a common carrier in the transaction of business as a common carrier shall be forfeited under the provisions of this section unless the owner or other person in charge of such conveyance was a consenting party or knew of and acquiesced in the prohibited conduct; and
(b) No conveyance shall be forfeited under the provisions of this section by reason of any act or omission established by the owner thereof to have been committed or omitted by any person other than such owner while such conveyance was unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the owner in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any state;
(5) All books, records, computers and research, including formulae, microfilm, tapes and data which are used or intended for use to facilitate prohibited conduct in any manner;
(6) All moneys, negotiable instruments, balances in deposit or other accounts, securities or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in the course of prohibited conduct, all proceeds of or from prohibited conduct, and all moneys, negotiable instruments, balances in deposit and other accounts and securities used or intended to be used to facilitate any prohibited conduct;
(7) All real property, including any right, title and interest in the whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or improvements, which is used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit or facilitate in any manner the commission of prohibited conduct; and
(8) All weapons possessed, used or available for use in any manner to facilitate conduct giving rise to forfeiture. [1989 c.791 §3; 2001 c.780 §§3,3a]
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