Criminal Proceeds Subject to Forfeiture

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  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Criminal Offenses
  4. General Provisions
  5. Disposition of Forfeited Property
  6. Criminal Proceeds Subject to Forfeiture

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  1. Any property, real or personal, directly or indirectly acquired by or received in violation of any statute or as an inducement to violate any statute, or any property traceable to the proceeds from the violation, is subject to judicial forfeiture, and all right, title, and interest in any such property shall vest in the state upon commission of the act giving rise to forfeiture.
  2. Any real property, including any right, title and interest in the whole of or any part of any lot or tract of land and any property used as an instrumentality in or used in furtherance of a violation of the following laws shall be subject to judicial forfeiture:
    1. A conviction for a violation of § 39-17-417(i) or (j) or the commission of three (3) or more acts occurring on three (3) or more separate days within a sixty-day period, and each act results in a felony conviction under chapter 17, part 4 of this title; or
    2. The commission of three (3) or more acts occurring on three (3) or more separate days within a sixty-day period, and each act results in a conviction for promoting prostitution under chapter 13, part 5 of this title.
  3. The following items are subject to judicial forfeiture as provided in this part:
    1. Conveyances, including aircraft, motor vehicles, and other vessels when used or intended to be used in connection with a violation of §§ 39-13-307, 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 committed on or after July 1, 2011;
    2. Books, records, telecommunication equipment, or computers when used or intended to be used in connection with a violation of §§ 39-13-307, 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 committed on or after July 1, 2011;
    3. Money or weapons when used or intended to be used in connection with a violation of §§ 39-13-307, 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 committed on or after July 1, 2011;
    4. Real property when used or intended to be used in connection with a violation of §§ 39-13-307, 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 committed on or after July 1, 2011;
    5. Everything of value furnished, or intended to be furnished, in exchange for an act in violation of §§ 39-13-307, 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 committed on or after July 1, 2011, all proceeds traceable to the exchange, and all negotiable instruments and securities used, or intended to be used, to facilitate the violation;
    6. Any property, real or personal, directly or indirectly acquired by or received in violation of such violation or as an inducement to violate such statutes, or any property traceable to the proceeds from the violation; and
    7. Any real property, including any right, title and interest in the whole of or any part of any lot or tract of land and any property used as an instrumentality in or used in furtherance of a violation of §§ 39-13-307, 39-13-308 and 39-13-309 committed on or after July 1, 2011.
  4. In any in rem forfeiture action in which the subject property is cash, monetary instruments in bearer form, funds deposited in an account in a financial institution, or other like fungible property:
    1. It shall not be necessary for the state to identify the specific property involved in the offense that is the basis for the forfeiture action; and
    2. It shall not be a defense that the property involved in such an action has been removed and replaced by identical property.


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