A. Controlled substances listed in Schedule I or controlled substance analogs of substances listed in Schedule I that are possessed, transferred, sold or offered for sale in violation of the Controlled Substances Act are contraband and shall be seized and summarily forfeited to the state.
B. Controlled substances listed in Schedule I or controlled substance analogs of substances listed in Schedule I which are seized or come into the possession of the state, the owners of which are unknown, are contraband and shall be summarily forfeited to the state.
C. Species of plants from which controlled substances in Schedules I and II or controlled substance analogs of substances listed in Schedules I and II may be derived which have been planted or cultivated in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, or of which the owners or cultivators are unknown or which are wild growths, may be seized and summarily forfeited to the state.
History: 1953 Comp., § 54-11-35, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 84, § 35; 1987, ch. 68, § 7.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Effect of forfeiture proceedings under Uniform Controlled Substances Act or similar statute on lien against property subject to forfeiture, 1 A.L.R.5th 317.
Forfeitability of property, under Uniform Controlled Substances Act or similar statute, where property or evidence supporting forfeiture was illegally seized, 1 A.L.R.5th 346.
Application of forfeiture provisions of Uniform Controlled Substances Act or similar statute where drugs were possessed for personal use, 1 A.L.R.5th 375.
Forfeitability of property under Uniform Controlled Substances Act or similar statute where amount of controlled substance seized is small, 6 A.L.R.5th 652.
Delay between seizure of personal property by federal government and institution of proceedings for forfeiture thereof as violative of fifth amendment due process requirements, 69 A.L.R. Fed. 373.
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