H427 Summary

• Authorizes law enforcement to seize motor vehicles when a person is arrested for felony speeding to elude arrest, with the vehicle held by the sheriff pending trial.

• Allows vehicle owners to reclaim seized vehicles by posting a bond worth double the vehicle's value, conditioned on return for trial.

• Mandates sale of the vehicle at public auction upon conviction, with proceeds allocated to cover storage costs, seizure fees, sale costs, liens, and remainder to county school funds.

• Provides exceptions allowing vehicle restoration to owner if the defendant was an immediate family member under 19 with no prior felony or misdemeanor convictions and no traffic violations in the previous three years.

• Requires removal and destruction of equipment or modifications used to increase vehicle speed before sale, or transfer to government agencies if restoration is impractical; effective December 1, 2011.