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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.153

SEIZURE, SUMMARY FORFEITURE, AND SUMMARY DESTRUCTION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY

Known as the Texas Controlled Substances Act

The act spans §§ 481.001 to 481.354 (126 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Romero (1995)

Most recently applied in Shugart v. Six Unknown Fannin County Sheriffs (August 2017)

Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 141, Sec. 1, eff

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) Controlled substance property that is manufactured, delivered, or possessed in violation of this chapter is subject to seizure and summary forfeiture to the state.

(b) If an item of controlled substance property is seized and forfeited under this section, a court may order the disposition of the property under Section 481.159, or the department, a criminal justice agency, or a peace officer may summarily destroy the property under the rules of the department or dispose of the property in lieu of destruction as provided by Section 481.161.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.