Texas Code Of Criminal Procedure Title 1, Chapter 59 - Forfeiture Of Contraband

• Texas Article 59.01 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Attorney representing the state" means the prosecutor with felony jurisdiction in the county in which a forfeiture proceeding is held under...
• Texas Article 59.011 - Election Of Forfeiture Proceeding
  If property described by Article 59.01(2)(B)(ix), (x), or (xi) is subject to forfeiture under this chapter and Article 18.18, the attorney representing the state may...
• Texas Article 59.02 - Forfeiture Of Contraband
  (a) Property that is contraband is subject to seizure and forfeiture under this chapter. (b) Any property that is contraband other than property held as...
• Texas Article 59.021 - Forfeiture Of Substitute Property
  (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...
• Texas Article 59.022 - Property Removed From This State
  (a) This article applies to contraband, other than real property, that is determined to be located outside of this state. (b) A peace officer who...
• Texas Article 59.023 - Suit For Proceeds
  (a) A peace officer who identifies proceeds that are gained from the commission of an offense listed in Article 59.01(2)(A) or (B) shall provide the...
• Texas Article 59.024 - Multiple Recovery Prohibited
  The attorney representing the state may proceed under Article 59.02, 59.021, 59.022, or 59.023, or any combination of those articles. If property or proceeds are...
• Texas Article 59.03 - Seizure Of Contraband
  (a) Property subject to forfeiture under this chapter, other than property described by Article 59.12, may be seized by any peace officer under authority of...
• Texas Article 59.04 - Notification Of Forfeiture Proceeding
  (a) If a peace officer seizes property under this chapter, the attorney representing the state shall commence proceedings under this section not later than the...
• Texas Article 59.05 - Forfeiture Hearing
  (a) All parties must comply with the rules of pleading as required in civil suits. (b) All cases under this chapter shall proceed to trial...
• Texas Article 59.06 - Disposition Of Forfeited Property
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (k), all forfeited property shall be administered by the attorney representing the state, acting as the agent of the...
• Texas Article 59.061 - Audits And Investigations
  (a) The state auditor may at any time perform an audit or conduct an investigation, in accordance with this article and Chapter 321, Government Code,...
• Texas Article 59.062 - Enforcement
  (a) In the name of the state, the attorney general may institute in a district court in Travis County or in a county served by...
• Texas Article 59.07 - Immunity
  This chapter does not impose any additional liability on any authorized state, county, or municipal officer engaged in the lawful performance of the officer's duties....
• Texas Article 59.08 - Deposit Of Money Pending Disposition
  (a) If money that is contraband is seized, the attorney representing the state may deposit the money in an interest-bearing bank account in the jurisdiction...
• Texas Article 59.09 - Right To Attorney Not To Be Abridged
  This chapter is not intended to abridge an accused person's right to counsel in a criminal case. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., 1st C.S.,...
• Texas Article 59.10 - Election Of Laws
  If property is subject to forfeiture under this chapter and under any other law of this state, the attorney representing the state may bring forfeiture...
• Texas Article 59.11 - Report Of Seized And Forfeited Aircraft
  Not later than the 10th day after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, the Department of Public Safety shall report to...
• Texas Article 59.12 - Seizure Of Accounts And Assets At Regulated Financial Institution
  (a) This article applies to property consisting of a depository account or assets in a regulated financial institution. (b) A regulated financial institution, at the...
• Texas Article 59.13 - Disclosure Of Information Relating To Accounts And Assets At Regulated Financial Institution
  (a) The attorney representing the state may disclose information to the primary state or federal financial institution regulator, including grand jury information or otherwise confidential...
• Texas Article 59.14 - Notice To Primary State And Federal Financial Institution Regulators
  (a) Before taking any action under this chapter that implicates a potentially culpable officer or director of a regulated financial institution, the attorney representing the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016