Section 244.195 - Title to contraband seized in dry territory to be vested in appropriate court - Destruction of contraband upon conviction of defendant(1) Title to seized contraband included in KRS 244.180(1), (2), (3), and (4) shall be vested in the appropriate court within whose jurisdiction the seizure occurred, irrespective of whether the contraband was seized by peace officers of the city or county or state administrators or investigators of the department, notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 242.380.(2) The court shall order the sheriff for the county in which the contraband included in subsection (1) of this section was seized to destroy the contraband, except firearms or ammunition, upon conviction of the defendant.(3) Contraband firearms and ammunition shall be transferred to the Department of Kentucky State Police for disposition as provided in KRS 500.090.Amended by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62,§ 100, eff. 6/29/2017.Effective:7/15/2010
Amended 2010, Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 592, effective7/15/2010. -- Amended 2007, Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 274, effective 6/26/2007. -- Amended 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 368, sec. 13, effective 7/15/2002. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 4, effective 7/13/1984. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 1. -- Created 1956 (4th Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 7, secs. 1 and 2.