§ 13-103. Contraband to be photographed and recorded  


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  •    (a) Duties of seizing authority. -- 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) Photographs as evidence. -- A photograph taken under subsection (a) of this section may be substituted for money as evidence in a criminal or forfeiture proceeding.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 297A; 2001, ch. 10, § 2.