§ 849.19, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 849. GAMBLING
Property rights in confiscated machine.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
The right of property in and to any machine, apparatus, or device as defined in s. 849.16 and to all money and other things of value therein, is declared not to exist in any person, and the same shall be forfeited and deposited into the Florida Gaming Control Commission’s Pari-Mutuel Wagering Trust Fund if the Florida Gaming Control Commission is the seizing agency. Otherwise, such money or other things of value shall be forfeited to the county in which the seizure was made and shall be delivered forthwith to the clerk of the circuit court and shall by her or him be placed in the fine and forfeiture fund of said county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 6, ch. 18143, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(405-e); s. 1370, ch. 97-102; s. 10, ch. 2013-2; s. 1, ch. 2024-55.
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