Annual seizure report by department

(a) By March 1 of each year, the department of safety shall report to the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the chairs of the judiciary committee of the senate and the civil justice and criminal justice committees of the house of representatives, a report detailing, for the previous calendar year: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105(1) The total number of seizure cases opened by the department; (2) The number of seizure cases where an arrest was made; (3) The total number of cases resulting in forfeiture; (4) The types of property seized under this part and the totals of each type; (5) The amount of currency seized; (6) The amount of currency forfeited; (7) The total number of cases which resulted in a default by the property owner; (8) The total amount of currency forfeited as a result of default; (9) The total number of cases which resulted in a settlement; (10) The total amount of currency forfeited as a result of settlement; (11) The total amount of currency returned to the property owners as a result of settlement; (12) The total number of cases resulting in a hearing; (13) The total number of hearings resulting in forfeiture of assets; (14) The total amount of currency forfeited as a result of disposition by hearing; (15) The total amount of currency returned to the property owners as a result of a disposition by hearing; and (16) How proceeds derived from forfeited assets are used by the department. (b) The department shall include each category of information for the department as a whole and separately for each individual law enforcement agency that opened a forfeiture proceeding with the department in the previous calendar year. (c) The information reported by the department in subdivision (a)(16) and to the department in § 40-33-211(a)(2) shall be made accessible to the public on the department’s website through a prominent link provided on the home page.