A district judge, sheriff, deputy sheriff, high bailiff, or constable within his or her jurisdiction shall seize forged, false, or counterfeited bank bills or notes or coin and the instruments or implements made or kept for the purpose of making, forging, changing, or counterfeiting gold or silver coin, bank bills, or notes, and deliver the same as soon as may be to the State's Attorney of such county, with the names of the persons from whom the same are taken. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 44, eff. April 9, 1974; 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)