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MfNNESOTA STATUTES 2015 609.5315 609.5315 DISPOSITIO'.'! OF FORFEITED PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Disposition. (a) Subject to paragraph (b), if the cou1i finds under section 609.5313, 609.5314, or 609.5318 that the property is subject to forfeiture, it shall order the appropriate agency to do one of the following: (I) unless a different disposition is provided under clause (3) or ( 4 ), either destroy firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories that the agency decides not to use for law enforcement purposes under clause (8), or sell them to federally licensed firearms dealers, as defined in section 624. 7161, subdivision I, and distribute the proceeds under subdivision 5 or Sb; (2) sell property that is not required to be destroyed by law and is not ham1ful to the public and distribute the proceeds under subdivision 5 or 56; (3)sell antique firearms, as defined in section 624. 712, subdivision 3, to the public and distribute the proceeds under subdivision 5 or Sb; ( 4)destroy or use for law enforcement purposes semiautomatic military-style assault weapons, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 7; (5)take custody of the property and remove it for disposition in accordance with law; (6)forward the property to the federal drug enforcement administration; (7)disburse money as provided under subdivision 5, Sb, or Sc; or (8)keep property other than money for official use by the agency and the prosecuting agency. (b)Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Hennepin or Ramsey County sheriff may not sell firearms, am munition, or fiream1s accessories if the policy is disapproved by the applicable county board. ( c)If property is sold under paragraph (a), the appropriate agency shall not sell property to: ( 1) an officer or employee of the agency that seized the property or to a person related to the officer or employee by blood or marriage; or (2) the prosecuting authority or any individual working in the same office or a person related to the authority or individual by blood or ma1Tiage. (d)Sales of forfeited property under this section must be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner. Subd. 2. Disposition of administratively forfeited property. If property is forfeited administratively under section 609.5314 or 609.5318 and no demand for judicial determination is made, the appropriate agency shall provide the prosecuting authority with a copy of the forfeiture or evidence receipt, the notice of seizure and intent to forfeit, a statement of probable cause for forfeiture of the property, and a description of the property and its estimated value. Upon review and certification by the prosecuting authority that (I) the appropriate agency provided a receipt in accordance with section 609.531, subdivision 4, or 626.16; (2)the appropriate agency served notice in accordance with section 609.5314, subdivision 2, or 609.5318, subdivision 2; and (3) probable cause for forfeiture exists based on the officer's statement, the appropriate agency may dispose of the property in any of the ways listed in subdivision I. Subd. 3. Use by law enforcement. (a) Property kept under this section may be used only in the per formance of official duties of the appropriate agency or prosecuting agency and may not be used for any other purpose. If an appropriate agency keeps a forfeited motor vehicle for official use, it shall make reasonable Copyright� 2015 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. Item 8: Attachment C