Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 103.14
This is the official text of Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code § 103.14, part of Texas’s Alcoholic Beverage Code — regulates the sale and distribution of alcohol.
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§ 103.14. INSTITUTION OF SUIT FOR FORFEITURE.
Official statutory text
(a) The attorney general or the county or district attorney in the county in which a seizure is made shall institute a suit for forfeiture of the property or the proceeds in escrow from any sale of illicit beverages, or both, when notified by the commission or by the seizing officer that a seizure has been made under Section 103.03 of this code.
(b) The forfeiture suit shall be brought in the name of the State of Texas against the property or the proceeds in escrow, or both, and shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the seizure was made.
(b) The forfeiture suit shall be brought in the name of the State of Texas against the property or the proceeds in escrow, or both, and shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the seizure was made.
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