§ 750.159oNotice requirements

Sec. 159o.
    (1) Within 14 days after personal or intangible property is seized or a lien notice is filed
 against real property under section 159n, the prosecuting agency shall give notice pursuant to
 this section of the seizure of the property and the intent to forfeit and dispose of the property
 according to this chapter. This 14-day notice period is not jurisdictional. The prosecuting
 agency may move for an extension of the notice period for good cause shown. The prosecuting
 agency shall give the notice to each of the following persons:
    (a) If charges have been filed against a person for a crime, the person charged.
    (b) Each person known to have or appearing to have an ownership interest in the property.
    (c) Each mortgagee, person holding a security interest, or person having a lien that appears
 on the certificate of title or is on file with the secretary of state or appropriate register of deeds,
 if the property is real property, a mobile home, motor vehicle, watercraft, or other personal
 property.
    (d) Each holder of a preferred ship mortgage of record in the appropriate public office
 pursuant to chapter 313 of subtitle III of title 46 of the United States Code, if the property is a
 watercraft more than 28 feet long or a watercraft that has a capacity of 5 net tons or more.
    (e) Each person whose security interest is recorded with the appropriate public office
 pursuant to the federal aviation act of 1958, Public Law 85-726, 72 Stat. 731, if the property is
 an aircraft, aircraft engine, or aircraft propeller, or a part of an aircraft, aircraft engine, or
 aircraft propeller.
    (f) Each person known to have or appearing to have a security interest in the property.


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    (g) Each victim of the crime.
    (2) The notice required under subsection (1) shall be a written notice delivered to the person
 or sent to the person by certified mail. If the name and address of the person are not
 reasonably ascertainable or delivery of the notice cannot reasonably be accomplished, the
 notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
 personal or intangible property was seized or the real property is located for 10 successive
 publishing days. Proof of written notice or publication shall be filed with the court having
 jurisdiction over the seizure or forfeiture.
    (3) If personal or intangible property is seized, the seizing agency shall immediately notify
 the prosecuting agency of the seizure of the property and the intent to forfeit and dispose of
 the property according to this chapter.