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SECTION 79-B

Forfeiture of property on conviction abolished

Civil Rights (CVR) CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 7

§ 79-b. Forfeiture of property on conviction abolished. A conviction
of a person for any crime, does not work a forfeiture of any property,
real or personal, or any right or interest therein. All forfeitures to
the people of the state, in the nature of deodands, or in a case of
suicide, or where a person flees from justice, are abolished.