(a) A law enforcement officer or a designated civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who seizes property in the execution of a search warrant issued under § 7-2510.07a shall cause it to be safely kept until the property is returned to:
- (1) The respondent, upon the expiration of the extreme risk protection order that the search warrant accompanied; or
- (2) A lawful owner, other than the respondent, claiming title to the property pursuant to § 7-2510.07(d).
- (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to require the Metropolitan Police Department to release property seized pursuant to a warrant to a person who did not legally possess the property at the time it was taken.
- (c) No property seized shall be released or destroyed except in accordance with law and upon order of a court or of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia or the Office of the Attorney General.
History
Sept. 24, 1976, D.C. Law 1-85, title X, § 1007d
Apr. 27, 2021, D.C. Law 23-274, § 102(k)
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 4(n) of Omnibus Public Safety and Justice Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-25, Feb. 26, 2021, 68 DCR 002604).