If no claim is interposed, narcotic drugs, marijuana or other property shall be forfeited without further proceedings and the drugs, marijuana or other property shall be sold or disposed of as provided in this chapter.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-11-203
Procedure final when no claim interposed
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Helms v. Tennessee Department of Safety (1999)
Most recently applied in Helms v. Tennessee Department of Safety (January 1999)
Acts 1955, ch. 83, § 6; T.C.A., § 52-1406.
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Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.