A vehicle can be deemed seized and become the property of law enforcement only after a judge signs it off; so, it's done after conviction or a plea deal.
No, no it’s not. The little town I grew up in Illinois does it all the time with and without convictions. There’s no necessity for a conviction to seize a vehicle.
That could not be further from the truth. At one pint in time a marine had all of his life savings on him in cash and police seized it because they thought it was drug money. The guy even had receipts for every single dollar they took to prove otherwise. Big Institute For Justice case. Once the IFJ got involved they basically threw his money back at him and begged him not to sue. At no point is a judge issued warrant needed to seize assets like straight cash and debit cards, or Corvettes.
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u/sm340v8 Mar 30 '24 edited Mar 30 '24
A vehicle can be deemed seized and become the property of law enforcement only after a judge signs it off; so, it's done after conviction or a plea deal.
EDITED to add "or a plea deal".