2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .190   Seizure of contraband -- Destruction upon conviction of defendant.

244.190 Seizure of contraband -- Destruction upon conviction of defendant. Any peace officers, state administrators, and field representatives of the office may, upon probable cause, without warrant seize contraband regardless of whether it is in dry territory or not, and hold it subject to the order of the court before which the owner or one in possession of the contraband has been charged with violation of KRS Chapter 242 or KRS 243.020. Upon conviction of the defendant, the court shall enter an order for the destruction of all contraband property, except firearms or ammunition, included in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of KRS 244.180. Contraband firearms and ammunition shall be transferred to the Kentucky State Police for disposition as provided in KRS 500.090. Effective: July 15, 2002 History:Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 368, sec. 12, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1984. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-151. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.