On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 anonymous@openpgp.net wrote:
Oct 19, 2000 - 06:55 AM
California Court Declines to Review Vehicle Forfeiture Law The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The state Supreme Court has declined to review a ruling allowing police to seize vehicles suspected of use in crimes such as drug dealing or soliciting a prostitute.
Portland, Oregon has a similar law. In practice, they take your car only as long as it has resale value. (In other words, it is done for revenue and not for "punishment".) Speaking of governmental seizures... Oregon has a balot initiative to tighten down the seizure laws. They are trying to add in that the property can only be seized if the owner is convicted of something. Interesting to see who is lining up against this one. The first few arguments against the initiative are from the animal shelters claiming that is will harm animals! The rest are from various law enforcement agencies and the like upset because they will have not have this hidden source of funding for toys. alan@ctrl-alt-del.com | Note to AOL users: for a quick shortcut to reply Alan Olsen | to my mail, just hit the ctrl, alt and del keys. "In the future, everything will have its 15 minutes of blame."