Forfeiture of Assets - As enacted, removes the requirement for a claimant to post a bond when filing a claim to seized property. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 33. Companion bill has been assigned Public Chapter Number 3, the official text

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                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 481

                                                  By Lowe, Hensley, Watson

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 1229

   By Lafferty, Hulsey, Eldridge, Grills, Todd, Stinnett, Littleton, Farmer, Russell, Hill, Davis, Travis,
 Towns, Reneau, Keisling, Scarbrough, McCalmon, Parkinson, Brock Martin, Cepicky, Terry, Rudd,

                          Hardaway, Bulso, Reeves, Hale, Bricken, Hawk, Reedy, Baum

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 33, relative to forfeiture.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-33-206, is amended by deleting
subsection (b).

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-33-205(a), is amended by deleting the
language "cost bond or".

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to
seizures occurring on or after that date.
         SENATE BILL NO. 481

PASSED:  April 15, 2025

                                             RANDY M~ALLY
                               SPEAKER OF THE ~NATE

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                        BILL LEE, GOVERNOR