- (a) Any person claiming any interest in any controlled beverages seized may, at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of seizure of such controlled beverages, present a written petition to the district court having jurisdiction of said controlled beverages, setting out the nature of said interest and requesting that a hearing be held by the court to determine the right or interest of such person therein.
- (b) Upon the filing of the petition with the court, the judge of said court shall set a date for a hearing which date shall be ten (10) days from the date the hearing is requested, unless good and sufficient cause is shown and recorded for a further delay.
- (c) At the hearing, all witnesses shall be duly sworn and the testimony recorded by a stenographer.
- (d) The district judge shall within fifteen (15) days after completion of the hearing enter his or her written findings of fact and order upon the testimony presented.