Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Under the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 99-2, movable property placed in the hands of the court shall be sold and, where applicable, the proceeds of the sale shall be returned to the owner of the property in accordance with the procedures set out in this sub-section.

Property placed in the hands of the law is handed over to the Agence de gestion et de recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets), which disposes of it. The proceeds of the sale are paid to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. This payment is recorded in a special register kept by the clerk of the judicial court.

As soon as a decision to dismiss the case, acquit or acquit or a conviction that does not impose a confiscation order has become final, the public prosecutor of the court before which the investigation was conducted informs the owner of the property, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the procedures for returning the proceeds of the sale. Within six months of this notification, the request for restitution…