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  2. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In civil forfeiture, assets are seized by police based on a suspicion of wrongdoing, and without having to charge a person with specific wrongdoing, with the case being between police and the thing itself, sometimes referred to by the Latin term in rem, meaning "against the property"; the property itself is the defendant and no criminal charge ...

  3. Search and seizure - Wikipedia

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    Dareton police search the vehicle of a suspected drug smuggler in Wentworth, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Victoria.. Search and seizure is a procedure used in many civil law and common law legal systems by which police or other authorities and their agents, who, suspecting that a crime has been committed, commence a search of a person's property and ...

  4. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    In civil forfeiture, assets are seized by police based on a suspicion of wrongdoing, and without having to charge a person with specific wrongdoing, with the case being between police and the thing itself, sometimes referred to by the Latin term in rem, meaning "against the property"; the property itself is the defendant and no criminal charge ...

  5. Police Cannot Seize Property Indefinitely After an Arrest ...

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    The plaintiffs each had their property seized by D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Five of the plaintiffs were arrested during a Black Lives Matter protest in the Adams Morgan ...

  6. Kansas police seize property without criminal charges, but ...

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    Over the past four years, Kansas law enforcement seized $23.1 million in cash and property allegedly linked to criminal activity. Most of the time, owners never tried to take it back.

  7. Asset forfeiture - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Kansas police abuse property seizure laws. Both right and ...

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    A report released last week by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a conservative group, found that Kansas law enforcement agencies seized $25.3 million in money and property from people ...

  9. Plain view doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Investigators must normally obtain a court-issued warrant before seizing property, by presenting enough evidence to a magistrate judge to meet the probable cause requirement. [13] When using the plain view doctrine, investigators must possess the evidence needed to meet the probable cause requirement, as they are only exempt from the step of ...