Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1261
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Seized property - Report and disposition
Official statutory text
In all cases where wines, whiskey, beer or other intoxicating
liquors mentioned in the Constitution or laws of this state or any
personal property used for the purpose of violating any of the
prohibitory liquor laws or gambling laws of this state, shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 483
seized by any officer or person with or without a search warrant,
such officer or person is hereby required within five (5) days to
make a written report under oath and file the same with the court
clerk of the proper or respective county where the same shall be so
seized, which report shall in detail state the name of the officer
or person making the seizure, the place where seized and an
inventory of the property, articles or intoxicating liquors so taken
into possession until the same shall be destroyed pursuant to the
orders of the court. Provided, that all liquors so seized shall be
preserved for use as evidence in the trial of any action growing out
of such seizure and all officers seizing any such liquors are hereby
required to mark the bottles or containers for identification by
writing thereon the date of the seizure and the name of the person
from whom seized.
liquors mentioned in the Constitution or laws of this state or any
personal property used for the purpose of violating any of the
prohibitory liquor laws or gambling laws of this state, shall be
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 483
seized by any officer or person with or without a search warrant,
such officer or person is hereby required within five (5) days to
make a written report under oath and file the same with the court
clerk of the proper or respective county where the same shall be so
seized, which report shall in detail state the name of the officer
or person making the seizure, the place where seized and an
inventory of the property, articles or intoxicating liquors so taken
into possession until the same shall be destroyed pursuant to the
orders of the court. Provided, that all liquors so seized shall be
preserved for use as evidence in the trial of any action growing out
of such seizure and all officers seizing any such liquors are hereby
required to mark the bottles or containers for identification by
writing thereon the date of the seizure and the name of the person
from whom seized.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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