Question juridique clé
Whether storage fees had to be paid before the return of a vehicle seized by an investigating judge in a criminal case.
Solution extraite
No. The Geneva criminal procedure code contained no rule requiring payment of custody fees as a precondition for recovering seized property.
Motifs extraits
The seizure was ordered under criminal procedure, not under road traffic law. Articles 11 LALCR and 24 RESAN apply only to seizures imposed under road traffic legislation and therefore could not govern this case.