C.__The Department of Public Safety shall maintain a centralized record of illegal machines seized.__At least quarterly, the department shall provide a report of the disposition of property previously held by the department to the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services and the legislative Office of Fiscal and Program Review.__These records must include an estimate of the fair market value of items seized.

5.__Report to court.__Persons making final disposition or destruction of an illegal gaming machine or its monetary contents under court order shall report, under oath, to the court the exact circumstances of the destruction or disposition.

6.__Seizure.__An illegal gaming machine__together with any monetary contents is contraband and may be seized by any law enforcement officer pursuant to subsection 7 or 8.

7.__Process for seizure.__At the request of the State ex parte, the court may issue any preliminary order or process necessary to seize or secure the property for which forfeiture is sought and provide for its custody.

A.__Process for seizure of the property may issue only upon a showing of probable cause.__The application for process for seizure of the property and the issuance, execution and return of the process are subject to the provisions of applicable state law.

B.__Any property subject to forfeiture under this section may be seized upon process.

8.__Seizure without process.__Seizure without process may be made when seizure is incident to a legal search or inspection if the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe the property seized is an illegal gaming machine.

§396.__Criminal forfeiture

1.__Forfeiture upon conviction of violation.__A person convicted of a violation of this chapter forfeits to the State all rights, privileges, interests and claims to property that is subject to forfeiture pursuant to section 395.__All rights, privileges, interest and title in property subject to forfeiture under this section vest in the State upon the commission of the act giving rise to forfeiture pursuant to section 395.