Section 513.653

Title XXXV CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS

Chapter 513

Effective - 28 Aug 2012, 4 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  513.653.  Law enforcement agencies using federal forfeiture system, report of federal seizure proceeds — violation, penalty. — 1.  Law enforcement agencies involved in using the federal forfeiture system under federal law shall file a report regarding federal seizures and the proceeds therefrom.  Such report shall be filed annually by January thirty-first for the previous calendar year with the department of public safety and the state auditor's office.  The report for the calendar year shall include the type and value of items seized and turned over to the federal forfeiture system, the beginning balance as of January first of federal forfeiture funds or assets previously received and not expended or used, the proceeds received from the federal government (the equitable sharing amount), the expenditures resulting from the proceeds received, and the ending balance as of December thirty-first of federal forfeiture funds or assets on hand.  The department of public safety shall not issue funds to any law enforcement agency that fails to comply with the provisions of this section.

  2.  Intentional or knowing failure to comply with the reporting requirement contained in this section shall be a class A misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars.

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(L. 1993 H.B. 562 § 7, A.L. 2001 S.B. 5 & 21, A.L. 2003 S.B. 5, A.L. 2012 S.B. 628)