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Asset forfeiture or asset seizure is a form of confiscation of assets by the authorities. In the United States, it is a type of criminal-justice financial obligation . It typically applies to the alleged proceeds or instruments of crime.
Title XII – Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions [ edit ] Rule A outlines the scope and application of the supplementary rules in respect to certain remedies under admiralty and maritime claims, forfeiture actions in rem , and the procedure in statutory condemnation proceedings analogous to maritime ...
In the United States, civil forfeiture (also called civil asset forfeiture or civil judicial forfeiture) [1] is a process in which law enforcement officers take assets from people who are suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. deputy attorney general has suspended a controversial civil asset-forfeiture program by the Drug Enforcement Administration that targeted unsuspecting airline ...
May 21—Recent legislative changes will not impact the asset forfeiture practices at the Dickinson County Sheriff's Department. "Looking over the new legislation, there are no changes that we ...
This chapter, added in 1986 by 100 Stat. 3207-35, concerns the civil and criminal seizure of property and assets used in crimes. § 981. Civil forfeiture § 982. Criminal forfeiture § 983. General rules for civil forfeiture proceedings § 984. Civil forfeiture of fungible property § 985. Civil forfeiture of real property § 986.
The ruling is the second recent court decision that has curbed Detroit's aggressive vehicle forfeiture program. Michigan Supreme Court Rules Against Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Racket Skip to main ...
(No Chapter 57) Chapter 58: Confidentiality of Identifying Information and Medical Records of Certain Crime Victims; Chapter 59: Forfeiture of Contraband (No Chapter 60) (No Chapter 61) Chapter 62: Sex Offender Registration Program; Chapter 63: Missing Children and Missing Persons; Chapter 64: Motion for Forensic DNA Testing (No Chapter 65)