Section 28-4-271
Forfeiture and condemnation proceedings generally - Prosecution of action.
Where an officer seizes liquors and beverages and vessels and receptacles under a search warrant, he shall appear on the day fixed for the hearing. The district attorney or his deputy shall appear and prosecute said action on behalf of the state.
(Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Acts 1915, No. 2, p. 8; Code 1923, §4767; Code 1940, T. 29, §236.)