sec.694Application by police officer for order if ownership dispute

### sec.694 Application by police officer for order if ownership dispute This section applies if there is a dispute about the ownership of a relevant thing, whether the dispute is between— two or more persons, each of whom claims to be the owner of the thing; or a police officer and a person who claims to be the owner of the thing. A police officer may apply to a magistrate for an order declaring who is the owner of the thing. The police officer must give anyone the police officer reasonably believes has a legal or equitable interest in the thing a copy of the application and notice of the day, time and place fixed for hearing the application. The magistrate may make the order the magistrate considers appropriate. If the magistrate can not decide who owns the thing, the magistrate may make the orders the magistrate considers appropriate for the disposal of the thing. s 694 ins 2000 No. 22 s 25 amd 2006 No. 26 s 70 (sec.694-ssec.1) This section applies if there is a dispute about the ownership of a relevant thing, whether the dispute is between— two or more persons, each of whom claims to be the owner of the thing; or a police officer and a person who claims to be the owner of the thing. (sec.694-ssec.2) A police officer may apply to a magistrate for an order declaring who is the owner of the thing. (sec.694-ssec.3) The police officer must give anyone the police officer reasonably believes has a legal or equitable interest in the thing a copy of the application and notice of the day, time and place fixed for hearing the application. (sec.694-ssec.4) The magistrate may make the order the magistrate considers appropriate. (sec.694-ssec.5) If the magistrate can not decide who owns the thing, the magistrate may make the orders the magistrate considers appropriate for the disposal of the thing. - (a) two or more persons, each of whom claims to be the owner of the thing; or - (b) a police officer and a person who claims to be the owner of the thing.