Statutes | Makah Tribal Law and Order Code Title 5 Chapter 9 ยง 5.9.01 | 2020
When any officer in the execution of a valid search shall seize any evidence material to the investigation or prosecution of any offense, such evidence shall be safely kept so long as shall be necessary for the purpose of being produced in evidence at any trial. After the trial, such evidence shall be restored to the owner thereof, if it would otherwise be lawful for the owner to possess the property involved. If it would not be lawful for the owner to possess the property involved, the property shall be destroyed or sold under the direction of the Court. All proceeds from any sale shall go to the Tribe.