Sec. 12-330h. Property seized as contraband. Procedure for persons claiming an interest in the property.
Sec. 12-330h. Property seized as contraband. Procedure for persons claiming
an interest in the property. When any property has been seized under the provisions
of section 12-330g, the commissioner may, at his discretion, after a hearing as provided
in section 12-330l, advertise such property for sale in a newspaper published or having
a circulation in the town in which the seizure took place, at least five days before the
sale. Any person claiming an interest in such property may make written application to
the commissioner for a hearing, stating his interest in the property and his reasons why
it should not be forfeited. Further proceedings on such application for hearing shall be
taken as provided in sections 12-330l and 12-330m. No sale of any property under the
provisions of section 12-330m shall be made while an application for a hearing is pending
before the commissioner, but the pendency of an appeal under the provisions of section
12-330g shall not prevent the sale unless the appellant posts a satisfactory bond, with
surety, in an amount double the estimated value of the property, conditioned upon the
successful termination of the appeal.
(P.A. 89-251, S. 31, 203.)