Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER THREE
SANCTIONS

SEVENTH TITLE
CONFISCATION AND DEPRIVATION ORDERS

Section 73e
Effect of confiscation

(1) If the confiscation of an object is ordered title to the property or the right confiscated shall pass to the state once the order becomes final if the person affected by the order has a right to it at the time. The rights of third parties in the object remain unaffected.

(2) Prior to its becoming final the order shall have the effect of a prohibition to sell within the meaning of section 136 of the Civil Code ; the prohibition shall also cover dispositions other than sales.

Keywords

Non-prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties in the enforcement of forfeiture orders



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