- (a) When any judgment of condemnation or forfeiture is made in any case filed under this section, the judge making the judgment shall order and direct that the seized vehicle and equipment be forfeited or awarded to the State Forester to be used by the Alabama Forestry Commission or sold pursuant to Section 9-3-22.
- (b) If no appeal is taken within 15 days after the order is made, the order shall be carried out and executed. The court, at its discretion, shall direct that the cost of the proceedings be paid by the person or persons in whose possession the vehicle and equipment were found when seized, or by any party or parties that claim to own the vehicle and equipment, or any interest therein, and who contested the condemnation and forfeiture. The State Forester shall keep a permanent record of all vehicles and equipment forfeited and awarded to the State Forester, and the vehicles and equipment shall be accounted for as other public property.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-711, §6; Act 2026-402, §1.)