Civil Forfeiture
In In re $15,379 IN U.S. Currency, No. 2 CA-CV 2015-0166 (12/22/16), the Arizona Court of Appeals held that a trial court erred when it refused to order a County Attorney to return currency which had been seized from an appellant after the civil forfeiture proceeding in which the County Attorney sought to…
A second opposition to Arizona civil forfeiture laws has been filed by the Institute of Justice. Touted as an important weapon with which the State can combat crime, by operation of law police can seize and institute forfeiture proceedings against property found incident to a criminal arrest, including property that does not belong to…