Cigarettes and ENDS products; provide administrative forfeiture procedures for.

New forfeiture rules for cigarettes and vapes

The law allows agencies to forfeit cigarettes or electronic nicotine products seized under the chapter when they are worth $20,000 or less. The agency must send notice by certified mail with a return receipt or deliver it in person. If direct notice cannot be given, it must publish notice once a week for three weeks. The notice must describe the property, its approximate value, and when and where it was seized, and explain how to seek court review. A person claiming an interest has 30 days after receiving notice or the first publication to petition a county or circuit court; if no timely petition is filed, the agency declares the forfeiture. The person from whom the cigarettes or products were taken pays the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction costs.