TITLE 12
Criminal Procedure
CHAPTER 12-21
Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures
SECTION 12-21-28
§ 12-21-28 Return of property to claimant
on bond.
Unless by law the property seized is necessarily subject, upon judgment of
forfeiture, to be destroyed, it shall, at the request of the claimant, be
appraised by appraisers appointed for that purpose by the court and be
delivered to the claimant upon his or her giving bond in double the amount of
the appraised value, with sufficient sureties, running to the person or
corporation to whom the property would be forfeited, or to the state, if the
state is entitled in whole or part to the property upon forfeiture, to pay to
them the appraised value of the property and costs in case final judgment or
forfeiture is entered up.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 20; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch.
410, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 22; G.L. 1956, §
12-21-28.)
