N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 376: Disposition of animals or implements used in fights among animals

§ 376. Disposition of animals or implements used in fights among

animals. The officer, after taking possession of such animals, or

implements, or other property, pursuant to the preceding section, shall

apply to the magistrate before whom complaint is made against the

offender violating such provision of law, for the order next hereinafter

mentioned, and shall make and file an affidavit with such magistrate,

stating therein the name of the offender charged in such complaint, the

time, place and description of the animals, implements or other property

so taken, together with the name of the party who claims the same, if

known, and that the affiant has reason to believe and does believe,

stating the grounds of such belief, that the same were used or employed,

or were about to be used or employed, in such violation, and will

establish the truth thereof upon the trial of such offender. He shall

then deliver such animals, implements, or other property, to such

magistrate, who shall thereupon, by order in writing, place the same in

the custody of an officer or other proper person in such order named and

designated, to be by him kept until the trial or final discharge of the

offender, and shall send a copy of such order, without delay, to the

district attorney of the county. The officer or person so named and

designated in such order, shall immediately thereupon assume such

custody, and shall retain the same for the purpose of evidence upon such

trial, subject to the order of the court before which such offender may

be required to appear, until his final discharge or conviction. Upon

the conviction of such offender, the animals, implements, or other

property, shall be adjudged by the court to be forfeited. In the event

of the acquittal or final discharge, without conviction, of such

offender, such court shall, on demand, direct the delivery of the

property so held in custody to the owner thereof.