Tex. Tax Code § 154.4045
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 154.4045, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 154.4045. SALE OF SEIZED CIGARETTES.
Official statutory text
(a) Cigarettes are perishable items.
(b) If the seized cigarettes are in a salable condition, the comptroller may:
(1) sell the cigarettes, return the cigarettes to the manufacturer for credit, or destroy or dispose of the cigarettes; or
(2) if the seized cigarettes are in packages described by Section 154.0415 or stamped in violation of that section, the comptroller may not sell the cigarettes but may destroy or dispose of the cigarettes or return the cigarettes, solely for the purpose of export, to the manufacturer for credit.
(c) The price obtained at the sale is the market value for the cigarettes sold.
(d) The comptroller shall place the proceeds from the sale of seized cigarettes in escrow in a treasury suspense account pending the outcome of the forfeiture proceeding provided for in this chapter.
(e) If a determination is made that the comptroller wrongfully seized the cigarettes, the person entitled to the cigarettes at the time of seizure may recover the money held in escrow in the treasury suspense account.
(b) If the seized cigarettes are in a salable condition, the comptroller may:
(1) sell the cigarettes, return the cigarettes to the manufacturer for credit, or destroy or dispose of the cigarettes; or
(2) if the seized cigarettes are in packages described by Section 154.0415 or stamped in violation of that section, the comptroller may not sell the cigarettes but may destroy or dispose of the cigarettes or return the cigarettes, solely for the purpose of export, to the manufacturer for credit.
(c) The price obtained at the sale is the market value for the cigarettes sold.
(d) The comptroller shall place the proceeds from the sale of seized cigarettes in escrow in a treasury suspense account pending the outcome of the forfeiture proceeding provided for in this chapter.
(e) If a determination is made that the comptroller wrongfully seized the cigarettes, the person entitled to the cigarettes at the time of seizure may recover the money held in escrow in the treasury suspense account.
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