Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 18.183. Deposit Of Money Pending Disposition

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Art. 18.183. DEPOSIT OF MONEY PENDING DISPOSITION.  (a) If 
money is seized by a law enforcement agency in connection with a 
violation of Chapter 47, Penal Code, the state or the political 
subdivision of the state that employs the law enforcement agency 
may deposit the money in an interest-bearing bank account in the 
jurisdiction of the agency that made seizure or in the county in 
which the money was seized until a final judgment is rendered 
concerning the violation.
	(b)  If a final judgment is rendered concerning a violation 
of Chapter 47, Penal Code, money seized in connection with the 
violation that has been placed in an interest-bearing bank account 
shall be distributed according to this chapter, with any interest 
being distributed in the same manner and used for the same purpose 
as the principal.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 4.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1987.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 18.182 by Acts 
1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 16.01(6), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

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