{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-525","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 23-525","heading":"Disposition of property.","body":"A law enforcement officer or a designated civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who seizes property in the execution of a search warrant shall cause it to be safely kept for use as evidence. No property seized shall be released or destroyed except in accordance with law and upon order of a court or of the United States attorney or Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia [Attorney General for the District of Columbia] or one of their assistants.","path":["Title 23. Criminal Procedure. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Warrants and Arrests.","Subchapter II. Search Warrants."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/23-525","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"07514a1f832707181d22253ed998f1783fb6f4a908c0109a9c38ed88d77d17c2","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-524","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-23-526"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}