{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-41-312","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 41-312","heading":"Reporting requirements.","body":"By January 1, 2016, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Office of the Attorney General shall file with the Council of the District of Columbia and publish on their websites a report providing the following information for the preceding year:\n\n(1)\nThe number of seizures and the number of forfeitures, by type of property seized;\n\n(2)\nThe total quantity of each type of property seized and of each type of property forfeited;\n\n(3)\nThe number of seizures and the number of forfeitures by type of asserted violation of District law that gave rise to the seizure or forfeiture;\n\n(4)\nThe number of libels of information that were filed under §  41-307, by outcome;\n\n(5)\nThe number of times the District exercised its authority pursuant to §  41-305(c) and determined the property to be forfeitable and the number of times the District determined the property was not forfeitable;\n\n(6)\nThe number of seizures where the District either did not file a libel of information pursuant to §  41-307 or withdrew a libel of information, excluding seizures where the District had the authority to determine forfeitures pursuant to §  41-305(c);\n\n(7)\nThe number of settlements reached between the District and an owner, pursuant to §  41-306(d);\n\n(8)\nAmount of currency received from forfeiture listed separately according to the provision of the District of Columbia law that gave rise to the forfeiture;\n\n(9)\nGross and net proceeds received from forfeiture, listed separately according to the provision of District law giving rise to the forfeiture;\n\n(10)\nBy type of property, the number of seized items determined to be returnable for which the District does not have on file a receipt of return as required by §  41-309(b); and\n\n(11)\nThe total quantity of each type of property seized for forfeiture that the District treated as abandoned under §§  5-119.01 through 5-119.10 and §§  5-119.12 through 5-119.19, and §  5-119.11.","path":["Title 41. Personal Property.","Chapter 3. Civil Asset Forfeiture."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/41-312","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f82170044568c7bec13fbbc6d2e39b0ac582ba4808b2ad26aebc56ec06e05809","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-41-311","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-41-313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}