55-517. Duties of county and district attorneys and law enforcement officers; fees.
55-517
55-517. Duties of county and district attorneys and law enforcementofficers; fees.All county or district attorneys and law enforcement officersof this state are hereby chargedwith the same duties in respect of motor fuels and other liquidfuels so unlawfully transported, and motor trucks and other vehicles andcontainers so unlawfully used, as are now imposed upon them in respect ofintoxicating liquors and automobiles, vehicles and other property used intheir transportation in this state. The person primarily responsible andinstrumental in procuring the seizure of any such contraband property andinstituting proceedings for its confiscation, other than a state officer,and the county or district attorney who prosecutes the proceeding orproceedingsresulting in confiscation and sale of any such contraband property,upon the making of an order to sell such property, shall each be allowedand paid a fee of not less than $5 nor more than $20, to be bythe court taxed as costs and paid as other costs. Thefee allowed shall not in any case exceed 1/3 of the proceeds ofsuch sale or sales, and the court making such order shall determine anyconflicting claims to such allowance.
History: L. 1933, ch. 292, § 12;L. 1995, ch. 262, § 21; July 1.