Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 585

585 Recovery of seized property

(1) Property seized by a police officer may be claimed by—

(a) the owner of the property or a person acting for the owner; or

(b) the person from whose possession the property was seized or someone acting for the person.

(2) The claim may be made only during stated hours on a business day after the end of the noise abatement period, as defined under section 582 (5) , for the place where the property is found.

(3) A police officer must not give seized property to a person claiming it unless the police officer is satisfied the claimant is—

(a) the owner of the property or the person from whose possession the property was seized; or

(b) a person acting for a person mentioned in paragraph (a) .

(4) Nothing in this section prevents a police officer retaining seized property if the police officer reasonably suspects the property is evidence of the commission of an offence.