1. (1) the motor vehicle falls within § 12-103(b) of this title;

2. (2)

   1. (i) an innocent registered owner lends the motor vehicle to another person; and
   2. (ii) that person, or someone invited into the motor vehicle by that person, brings a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia into the motor vehicle without the registered owner's knowledge; or

3. (3)

   1. (i) a member of the family other than the registered owner uses the motor vehicle, and a controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia is in the motor vehicle in an amount insufficient to suggest a sale is contemplated;
   2. (ii) a sale was not made or attempted; and
   3. (iii) the registered owner did not know that the controlled dangerous substance or paraphernalia was in the motor vehicle.

A motor vehicle used in violation of this title may not be seized and forfeiture may not be recommended to the forfeiting authority if:

Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.

Formerly Art. 27, § 297.