District of Columbia Statutes
§ 23-525 — Disposition of property.
District of Columbia·Title 23 Criminal Procedure. [Enacted title]·Ch. 5 Warrants and Arrests.·Subch. II Search Warrants.
A law enforcement officer or a designated civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who seizes property in the execution of a search warrant shall cause it to be safely kept for use as evidence. 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 or Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia [Attorney General for the District of Columbia] or one of their assistants.
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Related
Micheal A. Johnson v. Ronald D. Gibson, Property Clerk, Metropolitan Police Property Division
14 F.3d 61 (D.C. Circuit, 1994)
Legislative History
July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 616, Pub. L. 91-358, title II, § 210(a); June 12, 1999, D.C. Law 12-284, § 8(a), 46 DCR 1328
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§ 23-101
Conduct of prosecutions.§ 23-103
Statements prior to sentence.§ 23-103a
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Challenges to jurors.§ 23-106
Witnesses for defense; fees.§ 23-108
Depositions.§ 23-1101
Definitions.