TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: Any person having any right, title, or interest in the following property, may, within twenty (20) days from the date of publication of this notice, file a verified petition stating his or her interest in the property, and requesting the release or recovery on the grounds that the property was erroneously or illegally seized. The verified petition requesting release or recovery of the property must be filed with the Chief, Board Proceedings Division; State Board of Equalization; 450 N Street, MIC:81; PO Box 942879; Sacramento, CA 94279.

The property consists of 22 boxes and 16 sticks of La Vieja Habana brand, 20 cigars per box; 3 boxes and 12 sticks of Natural Drew Estate brand, gourmet, 18 cigars per box; 3 boxes of Ambrosia brand, 24 cigars per box; 12 boxes and 12 sticks of Cojimar Honey brand, 25 cigars per box; 1 box and 10 sticks of Natural by Drew Estate brand, 24 cigars per box; 16 boxes of Cojimar, Don Rene de Cuba brand, 10 cigars per box; 5 boxes and 22 sticks of Gourkha brand, 25 cigars per box; 3 boxes and 5 sticks of Cohiba brand, 25 cigars per box. This property was seized pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 30436, subsection (b), on March 2, 2005, from Farid Eid Farraj, dba: The Smoke Shop. Located at 2238 S Euclid Ave Ste E, Ontario, CA 91762-6503.