43-207. Illegal income; duty of law enforcement
or prosecuting agency; distribution of revenue; definitions
A. Whenever state or local law enforcement agency personnel in the course of an
investigation obtain knowledge or a good faith belief that a person has received illegal
income with an estimated value in excess of one thousand dollars, the person in charge of
the investigation shall provide identifying information to the department. The law
enforcement agency shall cooperate fully with the department in providing the department
with information regarding the illegal income. Such cooperation and identifying
information shall include but is not limited to the provision of names, addresses, the
identity and location of income sources, and the identity and location of assets.
B. Whenever any person prosecuting a person on behalf of the state obtains
information in the course of the prosecution which information shows that the person
being prosecuted has received or may have received illegal income in excess of one
thousand dollars and it appears that the information has not been previously reported to
the department, the prosecutor shall immediately provide identifying information to the
department. The prosecutor shall cooperate fully with the department in providing
information regarding the person and amount of illegal income received.
C. The monies collected in taxes as a result of information provided to the
department under this section shall be deposited in the state general fund.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Illegal income" means any economic benefit of money or property of any kind
derived from any unlawful activity, including but not limited to theft, robbery, forgery,
bribery, prostitution, gambling, fraud, or unlawful sales.
2. "State or local law enforcement agency" means the department of public safety,
county sheriff departments, and municipal police departments.
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