- (a) It shall be the duty of any sheriff, police officer, or other peace officer or law enforcement officer in the State of Alabama who is arresting any person charged with violating or attempting to violate Section 9-13-60 or any felony laws of the State of Alabama involving timber or forest products or transactions pertaining thereto, to seize any vehicle and equipment that is used and that is in the possession or under control of the person or persons charged with violating the laws, and to deliver the seized vehicle and equipment, to the State Forester or his or her designee. The person receiving any vehicle and equipment from the arresting officer shall keep the vehicle and equipment in a safe place and in as good condition as when received, until disposed of.
- (b) The seizure of vehicles and equipment provided in this section is authorized only when the arrest is for a crime involving the theft of timber harvesting equipment or the parts thereof, the harvesting, removal, transportation, or disposal of any forest products, or any other transactions related to forest products or timber harvesting equipment or any part or parts from timber harvesting equipment.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-711, §2; Act 2010-541, p. 941, §1; Act 2026-402, §1.)