Texas Tax Code - TAX § 154.4045. Sale of Seized Cigarettes

(a) Cigarettes are perishable items.

(b) If the seized cigarettes are in a salable condition, the comptroller may:

(c) The price obtained at the sale is the market value for the cigarettes sold.

(d) The comptroller shall place the proceeds from the sale of seized cigarettes in escrow in a treasury suspense account pending the outcome of the forfeiture proceeding provided for in this chapter.

(e) If a determination is made that the comptroller wrongfully seized the cigarettes, the person entitled to the cigarettes at the time of seizure may recover the money held in escrow in the treasury suspense account.