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2016 Minnesota Statutes <br /> <br />609.5315 DISPOSITION OF FORFEITED PROPERTY. <br />Subd. 3.Use by law enforcement. <br />(a) Property kept under this section may be used only in the performance of official duties of the <br />appropriate agency or prosecuting agency and may not be used for any other purpose. If an <br />appropriate agency keeps a forfeited motor vehicle for official use, it shall make reasonable <br />efforts to ensure that the motor vehicle is available for use and adaptation by the agency's <br />officers who participate in the drug abuse resistance education program. <br />(b) Proceeds from the sale of property kept under this subdivision must be disbursed as provided <br />in subdivision 5. <br />Subd. 4.Distribution of proceeds of the offense. <br />Property that consists of proceeds derived from or traced to the commission of a designated <br />offense or a violation of section 609.66, subdivision 1e, must be applied first to payment of <br />seizure, storage, forfeiture, and sale expenses, and to satisfy valid liens against the property; and <br />second, to any court-ordered restitution before being disbursed as provided under subdivision 5. <br />Subd. 5.Distribution of money. <br />The money or proceeds from the sale of forfeited property, after payment of seizure, storage, <br />forfeiture, and sale expenses, and satisfaction of valid liens against the property, must be <br />distributed as follows: <br />(1) 70 percent of the money or proceeds must be forwarded to the appropriate agency for deposit <br />as a supplement to the agency's operating fund or similar fund for use in law enforcement; <br />(2) 20 percent of the money or proceeds must be forwarded to the prosecuting authority that <br />handled the forfeiture for deposit as a supplement to its operating fund or similar fund for <br />prosecutorial purposes; and <br />(3) the remaining ten percent of the money or proceeds must be forwarded within 60 days after <br />resolution of the forfeiture to the state treasury and credited to the general fund. Any local police <br />relief association organized under chapter 423 which received or was entitled to receive the <br />proceeds of any sale made under this section before the effective date of Laws 1988, chapter 665, <br />sections 1 to 17, shall continue to receive and retain the proceeds of these sales. <br />Item 8: Attachment B