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(1) If seized property is admitted into evidence during a court proceeding, the clerk of the court shall:
(a) retain the property; or
(b) return the property to the custody of the agency.
(2) The agency shall retain seized or forfeited property:
(a) at the discretion of the prosecuting attorney; or
(b) until all direct appeals and retrials are final.
(3) If the prosecuting attorney decides to retain control over the seized or forfeited property under Subsection (2)(a) in anticipation of possible collateral attacks upon the judgment or for use in a potential prosecution, the prosecuting attorney may decline to authorize the disposal of the property.