Upon making a complaint or filing an information for a forfeiture, a warrant shall be issued to the proper officer, requiring him or her to take the property into his or her custody and to detain it until legally disposed of.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 288, § 17; G.L. 1909, ch. 357, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 410, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 631, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 12-21-25.