District of Columbia Code Division VII. Property. § 41-304. Notice.

(i) The owner signs a return receipt acknowledging acceptance of the notice; or

(ii) A representative of the District attests in a sworn document to personal knowledge that the owner received notice but refused to sign a return receipt.

(i) Within 10 business days after the seizure, if the property is not subject to an evidentiary hold;

(ii) Within 10 business days after receiving written notice from the prosecutorial authority that the property will not be needed as evidence in a criminal case if the property was subject to an evidentiary hold for a case that was not charged by the prosecutorial authority after an arrest; or

(iii) Within 5 business days after receiving written notice from the prosecutorial authority that the property will not be needed as evidence in a criminal case if the property was subject to an evidentiary hold for a case that was charged by the prosecutorial authority after an arrest.

(i) Whether the item is immediately returnable to the owner;

(ii) Whether the District intends to seek forfeiture; and

(iii) Whether the District intends to dispose of the property or has disposed of the property pursuant to § 41-303(e).

(i) The process by which the owner may retrieve items deemed immediately returnable;

(ii) The legal basis upon which the District seeks forfeiture of the property, the time period within which the owner must file a claim of interest and intent to contest forfeiture in the seized property pursuant to § 41-305, and the consequence of an owner's failure to file a claim of interest and intent to contest forfeiture within the time provided under § 41-305(c);

(iii) The process by which the owner may request interim release of the item pending forfeiture proceedings, and by which the District may seek to retain the property in the interim, including the expedited timing of the possible court hearing pursuant to § 41-306(c)(4);

(iv) The affirmative defenses available under § 41-308(f); and

(v) That the District cannot condition either the interim or permanent release of the owner's property on a requirement that the owner communicate with any agent of the District or representative of law enforcement other than by submission of the form described in subparagraph (D) of this paragraph.