Statute 55-517: Duties of county and district attorneys and law enforcement
officers; fees.
All county or district attorneys and law enforcement officers
of this state are hereby charged
with the same duties in respect of motor fuels and other liquid
fuels so unlawfully transported, and motor trucks and other vehicles and
containers so unlawfully used, as are now imposed upon them in respect of
intoxicating liquors and automobiles, vehicles and other property used in
their transportation in this state. The person primarily responsible and
instrumental in procuring the seizure of any such contraband property and
instituting proceedings for its confiscation, other than a state officer,
and the county or district attorney who prosecutes the proceeding or
proceedings
resulting in confiscation and sale of any such contraband property,
upon the making of an order to sell such property, shall each be allowed
and paid a fee of not less than $5 nor more than $20, to be by
the court taxed as costs and paid as other costs. The
fee allowed shall not in any case exceed 1/3 of the proceeds of
such sale or sales, and the court making such order shall determine any
conflicting claims to such allowance.
History: L. 1933, ch. 292, § 12;
L. 1995, ch. 262, § 21; July 1.