Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-11-203 (2026)
Procedure final when no claim interposed
✓ current as of May 2026
If no claim is interposed, narcotic drugs, marijuana or other property shall be forfeited without further proceedings and the drugs, marijuana or other property shall be sold or disposed of as provided in this chapter.
Acts 1955, ch. 83, § 6; T.C.A., § 52-1406.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1996–2012 · leading case: Helms v. Tennessee Dep't of Saf., 987 S.W.2d 545 (Tenn. 1999).
Helms v. Tennessee Dep't of Saf., 987 S.W.2d 545 (Tenn. 1999). “The new provisions supplant the procedures contained in Tenn.Code Ann. § 53-11-201. Both provisions follow an administrative model without the use of jury trials.”
Jones v. Greene, 946 S.W.2d 817 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1996). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 53-11-203 (1991). VII. We affirm the judgment of the trial court affirming the commissioner’s order that the $45,445 in currency seized at 2491 Haischi Street on May 26,1989 should be forfeited in accordance with Tenn.”
Stuart v. State of Tennessee Dept. of Saf., 963 S.W.2d 28 (Tenn. 1998). “2d at 570 ; Tenn.Code Ann. § 53-11-203 (1991). Moreover, when a motor vehicle is seized, the law enforcement agency may pursue the forfeiture proceeding through “either an administrative agency or through a court having civil juris-diction_” Tenn.”
Charles A. Harmon v. James J.J. Jones (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “The first sentence of section 52-1406 was transferred to section 53-11-203. The second sentence of section 52-1406 was transferred to section 53-11-202(f), which was repealed by Chapter 738, section 3(b) of the Public Acts of 1986.”
Giovino v. Kincaid & Caples (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-11-203 (1991) requires that confiscated property be summarily forfeited if no one files a timely claim.”
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