(a) The seizing authority that seizes money that is contraband shall immediately:
- (1) photograph the money and record the quantity of each denomination of coin or currency seized; and
- (2) deposit the money to the account of the financial authority.
- (b) A photograph taken under subsection (a) of this section may be substituted for money as evidence in a criminal or forfeiture proceeding.
Added by Acts 2001, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.
Formerly Art. 27, § 297A.