Section 13-103 - Contraband to be photographed and recorded.

§ 13-103. Contraband to be photographed and recorded.
 

(a)  Duties of seizing authority.- The seizing authority that seizes money that is contraband shall immediately: 

(1) photograph the money and record the quantity of each denomination of coin or currency seized; and 

(2) deposit the money to the account of the financial authority. 

(b)  Photographs as evidence.- A photograph taken under subsection (a) of this section may be substituted for money as evidence in a criminal or forfeiture proceeding. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 297A; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.]