Procedure 509 Legal Asset Seizure

Question 1

______ of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure authorizes the state to seize, based on probable cause, property that is, among other things.

Answer 1

Chapter 59

Question 2

Used in the commission of ________ under the Texas Penal Code.

Answer 2

Any 1st or 2nd degree felony

Question 3

Seizures of _________ occur in any place that the officer has a right to be.

Answer 3

Personal Property

Question 4

The Legal Asset Seizure Detail is notified through the __________ before officers leave the scene in all potential seizure cases with the exception of vehicles being impounded as criminal instruments, ad cash money which is placed in the Property Room.

Answer 4

Communication Unit

Question 5

Weapons are stored in the Property Room with a hold placed for the proper _________.

Answer 5

Follow-up Unit

Question 6

The _________ maintains possession of all seized money and other personal property while the subject to the courts’ jurisdiction.

Answer 6

Legal Asset Seizure Detail Supervisor

Question 7

Seized money, pending litigation and release to the Legal Asset Seizure Detail, is deposited into an interest bearing account designated for that purpose by the __________.

Answer 7

Bexar County District Attorney’s Office

Question 8

________ seized through the efforts of members of the Police Dept remains in the custody of the Legal Asset Seizure Detail while subject to the courts’ jurisdiction.

Answer 8

Real Property