§ 38-120. Disposition of confiscated weapons.

(a)

It shall be the duty of every police officer, upon making any arrest and taking any weapon from the offender, to deliver the same to the custody of the chief of police, or a duly authorized agent, to be held by the same until the final determination of the prosecution for the offense; upon the finding of guilt, a court may order forfeiture of such weapon or instrument, and shall so order when such weapon is an unlawful knife as provided in section 38-119.

(b)

Any such weapon or instrument so forfeited shall remain in the custody of the chief of police, or a duly authorized agent, until such weapon or instrument is destroyed.

(c)

The chief of police, or a duly authorized agent, shall, on January thirty-first of each year, account to the presiding judge of the county court for all weapons or instruments confiscated and ordered forfeited during the previous year; and the presiding judge shall order all weapons or instruments so confiscated and ordered forfeited to be destroyed, and shall certify that the weapons or instruments are destroyed.

(Code 1950, § 845.4)

Cross reference

Lost and confiscated property, § 42-76 et seq.