All money, gambling devices, office equipment and other personal property used in
connection with an illegal gambling enterprise or activity, and all money, stakes
and things of value received or proposed to be received by a winner in any illegal
gambling transaction which are lawfully seized by a law enforcement officer or which
lawfully come into his custody shall be forfeited to the county by order of the court
in which a conviction under this article is obtained. The court shall order that money
forfeited be paid to the county and shall order disposition of other property as it
deems proper. If the court orders property sold, the proceeds of sale shall be paid
to the county. Forfeiture under this article shall not extinguish the rights of any
lawful property owner or person, firm or corporation with a perfected lien on property
who did not know of the illegal use of his property.
(Code 1978, § 4-44)
